Chilli Jam
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr 45 mins
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Total Time
2 hrs
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Servings
1 jar
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Cuisine
American, International
Chilli Jam
Description
Chilli Jam starts by roasting halved Roma tomatoes until their skins blister, concentrating their sweetness and flavor. Onions are sweated gently with olive oil until translucent. Garlic, grated ginger, red chilies, cumin, mustard seeds, and turmeric are added to the onions and cooked briefly to release aroma and flavor.
The roasted tomatoes are incorporated, and the mixture simmers on very low heat for 1-2 hours with brown sugar and red wine vinegar. This slow cooking reduces the liquid and melds the spices and sweetness, creating the jam’s characteristic spicy and tangy profile. After cooling, the mixture is pureed until smooth for a spreadable consistency.
The jam offers a balance of fruity tomato sweetness, warming spice, heat from chilies, and a bright acidic note from vinegar. It can be refrigerated and used as a flavorful accompaniment to savory dishes, sandwiches, or as a cooking ingredient.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Roma tomato
- 1 onion small
- 3-4 red chili pepper small
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 ginger knob
- 1/2 tablespoon cumin ground
- 1/2 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 tablespoon Turmeric
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt flakes
- black pepper freshly ground
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius (350° Fahrenheit).
- Cut tomatoes in half and drizzle them with olive oil and roast in the oven until skins start to blister.
- Sweat the onions in a pot in a touch of oil on low flame until they turn soft and translucent.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the onions and sweat a few more minutes.
- Add the roasted tomatoes to the pot, reduce the heat to very low, cook out for 1-2 hours season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Once all the ingredients are cooked out, allow to cool and puree in a food processor, refrigerate and use as needed.
Notes
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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