Spaghetti Squash Jam

Doce de Chila

Preparation info
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    2 cups

    jam, enough to make the cake two times
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Baker's Tour: Nick Malgieri's Favorite Baking Recipes from Around the World

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

  • About

You can make a substitute for doce de chila with spaghetti squash. It won’t be exactly the same, but it’s closer in flavor and texture than apricot preserves. This is based on information from Jean Anderson’s The Food of Portugal (Morrow, 1986) and used with her kind permission. If you don’t want leftover jam, make half a batch.