Sungold Tomatoes

Sungold Tomatoes

Just picked 5 sungold tomatoes, great snack food.
They are some of the sweetest cherry sized tomatoes.

Rabbit Rabbit

Rabbit Rabbit

We've been seeing lots of baby rabbits this year.
If you say rabbit the first day of the month
upon rising it's supposed to bring good luck.
Hope you all have a great month, year, life.

Pickled Red Onion Relish

Pickled Red Onion Relish

1 very large red onion sliced very thin, then chopped
1-1/2 cup white vinegar
4 tablespoons white granulated sugar
1/2 tablespoon kosher or sea salt
1 tablespoon black pepper corns
1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon whole allspice
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 bay leaves crushed
3 half pint canning jars

Peel and prepare onions and set aside. In a non reactive pan add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil and boil one minute, stirring to make sure the sugar and salt dissolve. Leave pan on heat. Fill each canning jar with chopped onions and pour strained hot liquid into each jar to the top. When I add the hot mixture to a glass pouring cup I put a metal spoon in the cup to absorb the heat. When I add the hot liquid to each jar I place a table knife in the jar to absorb the heat. Placing hot liquid in glass containers can create thermal shock. The metal utensils are used to absorb the shock. Place lids on jars and let cool and refrigerate overnight. This time I decided to chop the onions into small pieces since they will be easier to put on cream cheese with lox, on burgers as a condiment, and so many other uses. Just tasted this, so delicious, tangy, a some bites are spicey. Great over lox, cream cheese, and rolled up into a bite of deliciousness.

Caramelized Pears

Caramelized Pears

4 pears peeled, sliced in half and cores removed
1/4 cup water or less
3/4 cup granulated sugar
dash of brandy bourbon

1/2 cup heavy cream
Dash of fleur de sel or maldon salt flakes

I purchased a bag of small pears
and decided to make caramelized pears
Melt sugar and water in a frying pan.
When mixture starts to bubble,
add pears cut side down.
Cover and let cook for 15 minutes
turning pears over once.

Cook till a fork inserted gives only slight resistance,

and mixture starts to brown.
Add cream and cook till incorporated and browned.
Sprinkle sparingly with salt and serve immediately.
A scoop of vanilla ice cream would be good, but not necessary.
Don't use half and half, the milk solids will separate.
Ask me how I know this.

Enjoy!