Leek and Lentil Soup
This recipe makes use of the whole vegetables and strips the ham hock of its meat. A hearty soup to eat right away or freeze for another time.
Feijoa Jam
It's skins and all in this feijoa jam recipe so nothing is going to waste.
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Ingredients
- 1 kilogram feijoas, skins left on but ends chopped off
- Juice of one lemon
- 800g sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Method
- Wash the feijoas and chop the tail end off.
- Blitz the whole feijoas in a food processor.
- Pour the feijoas into a pot and add 1 cup of water (you need enough water so they stew and don’t stick to the bottom of the pot.)
- Simmer on a low to medium heat, stirring occasionally until the flesh has broken down completely. This will take 30 -50 minutes depending on how thick the feijoa skins were.
- Add the juice of one lemon then add sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Increase the heat to medium-high until it reaches a rolling boil, and then reduce the heat slightly.
- As the liquid evaporates it will change from a rolling boil to a blipping boil (like a Rotorua mud pool). Add in the vanilla essence any time after the blipping has begun.
- Once the jam begins to darken in colour, test it every 5 minutes. To test the jam, put some jam on a plate and leave it in the fridge for 5 minutes. If it wrinkles to touch it is then set. If it is still runny with no resistance, keep boiling and repeat the test in 5 minutes time.
- Once ready, tip into sterilised jars and seal.