Hot Summer Tomato Jam

Name: Hot Summer Tomato Jam
Yield: 1¼ cups
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ cup cider vinegar; 1 cup sugar; 1½ pounds ripe plum tomatoes; ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds; ½ teaspoon crushed dried red pepper flakes; 6 whole cloves; 6 allspice berries

Preparation info

1¼
cups

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

This is delicious—with an omelet or scrambled eggs, with spicy breakfast patties, with your favorite ham-burger, or simply spread on toasted peasant bread.

Ingredients

6 allspice berries
6 whole cloves
½ teaspoon crushed dried red pepper flakes

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Combine the allspice, cloves, red pepper flakes, and mustard seeds in a piece of cheesecloth. Tie it securely with a long piece of kitchen string, forming a spice bag. Leave the long string dangling.
Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Drop the tomatoes in the water and cook until the skins split, 1 to 2 minutes. Then plunge them into a bowl of cold wate