Fire And Ice Jelly Recipes

Steps:

• Place red peppers, jalapenos and garlic in a blender; cover and process until finely chopped. Set aside 1/2 cup; puree remaining pepper mixture., Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth and place over a bowl. Place pureed pepper mixture in strainer; cover with edges of cheesecloth. Let stand 30 minutes or until liquid measures 1-1/2 cups., Discard pepper pulp puree from cheesecloth or save for another use; place liquid in a large saucepan. Stir in vinegars, lemon juice, pectin and reserved pepper mixture. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil and stir 1 minute., Remove from heat; skim off foam. Ladle hot mixture into four hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

Steps:

• Measure red pepper, pepper flakes, wine and lemon juice into a 5-litre heavy bottom saucepan. Let stand 20 minutes then add sugar.
• Place saucepan over high heat. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and skim with metal spoon for 7 minutes to prevent floating pepper.
• Pour quickly into warm sterilized jars filling up to 1/4 inch from rim. Seal while hot with two piece rim lids. Makes 7, 125 ml jars.

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and onion in a large heatproof nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed and cayenne; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar; pour carefully over tomato mixture. Cool completely., Stir in cucumber. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving syrup.
• In a Dutch oven, cook pork, half at a time, in hot olive oil till brown.
• Return all the meat to the pot.
• Add the first chopped onion and 1 clove garlic.
• Cook over medium heat till onion is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add the reserved pineapple syrup, undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, green chili peppers, the green pepper, 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, chili powder, cumin, jalapeno pepper and salt.
• Bring to boiling.
• Reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer the chili for 1 and 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add the pineapple chunks.
• Cover and simmer for 30 minutes more.
• Let diners add their own toppers.
• To increase the spiciness of the chili, Kenny adds 2 more T of the jalapeno pepper.