Lavender jelly went over huge and I tweaked the next batch to be a bit different. I added a white wine and doubled the lavender. Much stronger lavender taste. I also added some pansies for great effect in the cooling jelly! Hopefully they will crystallize.When I was kid, we had violets growing wild in our yard in Metairie just outside of New Orleans. I would gather them and crystallize
them in sugar and egg whites. They actually tasted.....well.....purple!
I might have to try that with the pansies.
The cheesecake was incredible with the Caramel Macchiato I prepared for everyone. The ham had a apricot glaze, which made it edible. I don't like ham so I have to "cover" the flavor with some interesting glazes. I can come up with a few.
And I made a slaw that was sweet, with raisins and cashews. It was a change from my usual cabbage, cooked down with ham seasoning, carrots and bell peppers and onions.
It was a busy day, and I didn't watch a single foodball play! That is how busy I was!
I will continue working on the Quilt Room Clean Up and the Quilt Challenge piece. Hopefully I will make some nice progress on both!
Sounds like you had an awesome day with great food. Never had lavender jelly but it sounds delicious! I've never ate violets either. I find I put white wine in everything. If my dish is lacking in the flavor I'm looking for...I add a little wine...and there it is...that flavor I'm missing. It's wonderful in brown gravy made from scratch with a roux!
ReplyDeleteI did a quick read to catch up from being off for the holidays and you have been busy. So glad you are making progress on your clean-up! I ended up sending too much time in the kitchen while I was off. I made stuff shells twice to take to my son's house and a batch to my brother's, made a cheesecake (gosh, it was good!), veggie beef soup, cookies, candy, pies, sweet potatoes, and bean soup. I don't know how much I will be getting done this week because all the walking to work I will have to do because of the snow just keep getting deeper. I walked this morning just because I need the exercise. Yesterday we got 3 inches of snow. Today it is still snowing and they are calling for 5 inches. Since the city won't plow the cul-de-sac that will be 8 inches of snow and my Eclipse will not navigate that so I will be walking the mile to work. Maybe I will burn some calories from all that pie!
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