Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, tomato basil jam. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tomato Basil Jam is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Tomato Basil Jam is something that I have loved my entire life.
Wash tomatoes; remove peel, stem ends, cores and seeds. This recipe is for the home canner. Any variety of ripe tomato can be used for this sweet and tangy spread.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have tomato basil jam using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tomato Basil Jam:
- Make ready jam
- Get 1 1/2 lb your fav Tomato
- Take 3/4 bunch basil
- Prepare 5 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 large lemon zested
- Take 1 pinch salt
- Get 1 pinch red pepper flake
All we know is that we want to slather this savory tomato jam on everything. Packed with flavor thanks to fresh rosemary and tangy balsamic, with a thick texture due to the nature of Roma tomatoes, it's the perfect condiment for amping up a grilled cheese or burger. It also makes a great addition to pasta, with a few spoonfuls adding a little. Much different than a Savory Tomato Jam, which reminds me of a tomato sauce that's overly thick, this sweet tomato jam is earthy and tangy and sticky and sweet.
Steps to make Tomato Basil Jam:
- Chop tomatoes, basil and place in medium pot.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine
- Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer
- Simmer for about an hour. Its done when the mixture gets thick and jammy :p
You simply stir together the tomatoes, sugar and spices then cook down for a bit until it's thick, sticky and….well, sweet. This is the tomato jam I've dreamed of making ever since I first opened Michael Natkin's "Herbivoracious" cookbook, which is available on Amazon. It's the tomato jam that's worth using your precious fresh garden tomatoes to make, or the most perfect specimens from the market. Good tomatoes and balance are crucial You need sugar for the kind of gooey, sticky quality we associate with jam; otherwise, all you're producing is a tomato sauce, no matter how different the flavor is from the classic Once you add that sugar, however, you need acid, because even though tomatoes are plenty acidic, they can't counter all that sugar Tomato jam isn't as sweet as traditional jam, as tomatoes are naturally high in pectin and require less sugar for thickening. Most tomato jam recipes lean savory, with warm spices like ginger and pepper added to make the jam more robust.
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