Sandy, Mary-Anne, Tara sandyo@willowtree.com wrote: >I bought a pricey ($8) 9 oz. jar of spicy apple-garlic jam in a gift store >last week. It not for toast; it's the kind you use as an appetizer with >cheese. It was so good I'm not dying to find a similar recipe (won't keep >paying those prices) It has a very tiny hint of jal in it (at least that >what's listed on the ingredients) Made by "Earth and Vine Provisions" >located in Loomis, CA. Anyone else ever see/taste this? Any ideas where >to search out a recipe? ~~~ Earth & Vine Provisions Spicy Apple Garlic Jam: Crisp Fuji apples, fresh jalapenos and fresh garlic create this enlivened savory jam. Serve as a relish with pork, chicken or lamb. Swirl into melted Brie and serve with whole grain crackers, or atop sharp cheddar cheese and crackers, or wrap with brie in pastry dough and bake. Cheaper ($7.25) at http://www.chilecauldron.com/Condiments.htm#JELLIES/JAMS/CHUTNEYS ~~~ Maybe you can modify a recipe from the following 2 or from the many at the search/list sites below. ~~~ Yablochnoe Varenye (Russian apple jam without added pectin or gelatin) 2 lb. sugar 2 cup hot water 2 lb. apples, peeled, cored and sliced Combine sugar and water in kettle. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Stir in apple and simmer until apples are transparent. Don't boil apples for more than 5 min. If still not ready after 5 min. take kettle off the heat, let it chill out. Then boil again and simmer on low heat until ready. Notes: Underripe sour apples ( Antonov kind) must be used. ~~~ Apple Jam 3 lb Granny Smith apples 1 1/4 c water or apple cider 3 1/2 c sugar Pare, core and coarsely chop apples. In a large sauce pot bring apples and water to a boil; simmer covered, until tender (about 40 minutes). Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil and boil gently, uncovered, stirring often toward end of cooking, until thick (about 1 hour). Store in freezer. Makes about 10 cups. ~~~ A good ratio is 6 garlic cloves for each apple; the amount of jalapenos is up to you. (I'd throw in a little fresh ginger since it goes with all 3 ingredients.) ~~~ THE TEN MOST-VISITED RECIPE SEARCH SITES: http://search.allrecipes.com/ingredsearch.asp?site=allrecipes http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes.htm http://SOAR.Berkeley.EDU/recipes/admin/other/search.html http://www.foodtv.com/recipes/re-l1/0,1726,,00.html http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Leisure-and-Recreation/Recipes.html http://www.ivillage.com/food/tools/recipefinder http://www.ivu.org/recipes/ http://www.taronga.com/cgi-bin/recipes_search http://www.epicurious.com/e_eating/e02_recipes/enhance_search.html ~~~ Others: http://www.mega-zine.com/kitchen.html (turn off your javascript) http://www.copykat.com/asp/recipes.asp http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ http://www.vegweb.com/frames/index/index-noframes.shtml http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/cooking.html http://www.go.com/Center/Food_and_drink/Food_and_drink/Recipes?svx=GOPHER_FOOD_recipe http://www.go.com/WebDir/Recipes?sv=PT&lk=ip-noframes&svx=related http://www.snap.com/directory/category/0,16,home-363,00.html?st.sn.sr.1.cat http://goodhousekeeping.women.com/gh/eatwell/cooking/11recp11.htm http://www.my-meals.com/sitetour/RecipesTour.asp?UID=00E6F8C0552211D4919800508B728B7F&WSID=00E6F8C1552211D4919800508B728B7F&RID=0&CID=0&SEC=HP&POP=Y ~~~ List of 51 recipe sites: http://www.virtualfreesites.com/free.recipes.ah.html (22) http://www.virtualfreesites.com/free.recipes.iq.html (13) http://www.virtualfreesites.com/free.recipes.rz.html (16) ~~~ The recipe webring has 748 sites: http://nav.webring.org/cgi-bin/navcgi?ring=recipe;list ~~~ Others?????: http://new.topsitelists.com/world/topfood/topsites.html http://www.worldwide-top100.org/cookery/index.html http://smarterdollar.hypermart.net/topsites/topsites.html http://www.topsitelists.com/run/pseverance/topsites.html ~~~ Good luck, Art