Oven-roasted apple saffron jam

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Star anise
4 Cloves
2 Cinnamon sticks
4 Mint leaves
Zest from 1 lemon
2 pounds Sugar
6 pounds Apples, peeled and chopped into large pieces
Juice of 1-1/2 limes
1 cup Water
2 \"shavings\" from a piece of saffron, (2 to 3)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Gently mash star anise, cloves and cinnamon sticks with a mortar and pestle.

Mix together water and lime juice in a small container..

Combine sugar, apples, mashed spices, mint leaves, lemon zest, ½ cup of lime juice and water, and saffron in a roasting pan. Cover with aluminum foil and put in oven.

After 10 minutes, add ½ cup of lime juice and water. Roast ingredients for another 10 minutes, then add remaining ½ cup of lime juice and water.

Roast for an additional 10 minutes.

Immediately blend ingredients in a food processor or blender until the ingredients have reached the consistency of jam.

Store jam in jars.

Recipe by: CHEF DU JOUR MARCUS SAMUELSSON SHOW #DJ9369 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #050 by "Ed Bauman" <BIRCHCREEK@...> on Feb 17, 97.

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