MERRY CHRISTMAS 2014

JOY to the world with Mary, Joseph, Jesus...& Gingerbread

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A MARVELOUS NEW YEAR

Wishes for 2015: GOOD HEALTH in your body, PEACE in your soul and LOVE in your heart

 Marzipan Truffles with Gold

 Dry Apricots Jam

 Inside Christmas Box

 Outside Christmas Box

 Apple Pie Spice (impossible to find hear in Portugal) and Strawberry Jam

 Christmas Boxes all ready and pretty!

Yellow Plum Jam - Recipe

If God gives you plenty plums, make plums jam ;)

1. Remove the stones and squeeze the juice of a lime over the plums. 

2. Boil them for 1 hour on low heat, stirring occasionally. Don't add any water and don't cover the pan.

3. Add the sugar: for 1,800kg of plums (without the stones), I used 500g of special sugar for jam plus 600g brown sugar. Join 2 cinnamon sticks and 2 cloves (you can add more or less, depending on your taste). 

4. Boil for more 30 minutes, again stirring occasionally.

5. Meanwhile, scald jars and lids and put them on the oven for 10 minutes, 100ºC.

6. Fill the jars with the hot jam and let them cool upside down.

Scraps Jam !!

Oh yes! It´s made with lemonade leftovers (lemon peels)!...and apples, and carrots...or whatever you want.

Cheap, delicious, so easy to do ;) & a wonderful gift for many occasions, including this
HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!

(from the Thermomix/Bimby main book)