Christmas Jam (Compote)TheWorldWideGourmet.com
Nutritional values
per 100 g
Energy:83.8 kcal
Proteins:1.1 g
Fats:2.4 g
Carbohydrate:17.6 g
Fibers:1.9 g
Sugar:8.9 g
Cholesterol:0 mg
Sodium:6.2 mg
Calcium:22.3 mg
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INGREDIENTS
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
*Ingredients
100
g
dried figs
100
g
dates
100
g
dried apricots
150
g
apples
100
g
walnut pieces
100
g
blanched hazelnuts
100
g
blanched slivered almonds
50
g
slivered apricot pit kernels (optional)
300
g
sugar
juice of 1 lemon
zest of 1 unsprayed lemon
2
ml
ground cinnamon
5
cloves
2
star anise
2
ml
ground cardamom
1500
ml
quince juice
2000
g
quinces
2000
ml
water
2
unsprayed oranges
100
ml
orange juice
100
g
sugar
METHOD
***Measuring out the correct amount of ground cloves and star anise is relatively tricky, which is why I recommend instead using whole spices - besides, they look nice in the jars!
Preparing the quince juice - Day 1
- Remove the downy covering from the quinces and quarter them, removing the stem end and the rest of the flower.
- Place into the jam pan, unpeeled and with their seeds; cover with water and boil over low to medium heat for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the fruit is tender.
- Put into a strainer set over a bowl and let the juice run freely for several hours; set the juice aside in a cool place until the next day.
Preparing the candied orange
- Scrub the oranges under cool water and cut them into 3 to 4 mm (1/8") thick slices, then cut the slices into small cubes.
- Put the oranges into a pan; add the orange juice and sugar and cook, watching constantly, until the liquid has completely evaporated. At this stage, the little cubes of orange will be translucent.
- This preparation can be made several days in advance and can be used for any citrus fruit.
Basic preparation - Day 2
- Remove the stem ends from the figs (they should be soft like the other dried fruits) and cut them into 4 or 6 pieces; do the same with the apricots; pit the dates and cut them into quarters as well;
- Peel and core the apples.
- Measure out 1.5 litres (6 cups) of the quince juice, being careful to leave any sediment at the bottom of the bowl.
- Pour this juice into the jam pan with the apples; bring them to a boil and cook just for 2 minutes;
- lower the heat to minimum, remove the apples with a slotted spoon and put them through a food mill (using the large hole plate).
- Return the apple puree to the jam pan; add all the other ingredients and bring the mixture to a simmer.
- After 1 minute, pour the mixture into a bowl and set it aside in a cool place, covered with a piece of parchment paper, until the next day.
Finishing - Day 3
- Transfer the mixture from the bowl back into the jam pan and gently bring to a boil; continue cooking at a simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Skim if necessary; check the thickness (even though this jam is guaranteed to set) and while still boiling hot pack the jam into hot sterilized jars. Seal immediately.
CHEF'S NOTES
Switzerland is a food lover's delight from one canton to the next. However, there is no need to wait for Christmas Eve - in Lucerne on December 6, during celebrations of the feast of St. Nicholas, you can enjoy biscômes, little round spice cakes made with crème fraîche and pear molasses.
The rustic simplicity of the cuisine of the Appenzell canton is evident in its substantial Christmas honey cake, made with 200 g of liquid honey for each 500 g of wholewheat flour, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
For the Christmas Eve meal, we dropped in on Véronique Kinal, gourmand and owner of a jam-making business called "Le Pectinarium," who, depending on the season and her own whims, boldly combines in her pots all sorts of combinations of fruits (nothing too forbidden), spices (nothing too dreary), sugar (not too much), in order to extract a hundred different flavours. No doubt you'll encounter her sweet countenance at the Montreux Christmas market where her stall groans under the weight of jars of jam, tea jellies and wooden gift boxes filled with lime tea. She shares her passion for jam with us in this Christmas surprise inspired by the thirteen Provençal desserts - enjoy it yourself or share it with friends as a special holiday gift.
Christmas Jam
Serve as a dessert on its own or as a complement to some good ice cream or gingerbread, or with Läckerli, a specialty of Basel...
