Use your leftover Jam

I like Jam.

Sometimes I make my own, when summer comes.

 A bottle of jam, it is too much amount if I use it only toasts for myself.

Maybe put it in yogurt?

Here is another two ideas.

You can make a nice soda.

Only two ingredients:

1 or less table spoon of jam 

 a glass of sparkling water

Melt the jam : mixing with a bit of hot water.

Put in the jam, sparkling water and mix them together, put ice in.

Berries or cherry jam are the best. If you want it more fancy, add a hint of lemon zest and juice. Put mint leaves on the top, here you have perfect summer drink!

Adding liqur in it, you can make beautiful cocktail.

Pork tenderloin with fruits sauce sounds difficult? Using jam, super easy.

Just fry the pork with white wine and salt + pepper, once the meat have been done, remove from the pan.

Keep the pan on the stove with super low heat, put 2 table spoon of jam in remaining gravy and let them combine.

If you want serious gravy sauce, put 2 tsp flour and 1/2 tsp mustard, will be a bit tricky when you combine them into the gravy.I will write it about in the future.

..and done! I used cherry Jam. Might be nice with berry jams or orange marmalade too.

Mangiare cacciatore

From the last post, here I will introduce a dish using the tomato sauce.

Chicken cacciatore inspired meal.

Chicken cacciatore is hunter style chicken, usually with garlic,onion, bell peppers and tomato, wine.

I used one more veggetable, zucchini for the colour(actually it stayed in my fridge for few days that's why).

First,here is a bit out of subject, about buying meats.

I will recommend you to buy meats from butcheries, the meats taste much, much better than at supermarkets. Don't worry about it will cost a bit higher than at super markets -  the taste will make you really happy and you will appreciate about what you are eating.

Second, the recipe..

Checken thights with born and skin about 100-120g

Salt+Pepper

Flour about 3 Tbsp

Olive oil about 2Tbsp

Garlic 1clove

Onion 1/4 diced small

Yellow or red pepper 1/3 diced small

Zucchini (optional) 1 inch, diced small

Tomato sauce(see the last post) half of the recipe

White wine about 30ml

Bay leave 1

Salt+Pepper the chicken and dust with flour.

Pan fry the chicken with oil until both surface gets golden, remove the meat from the pan, keep the oil.

Put onion in the pan and stair it until it become transparent.

Put other vegetables, stir it few minutes and put Tomato sauce and white wine, bay leave and move them into a small pot.

Put the chicken in the pot, braise for 30 min, finish with salt and pepper.

Third, the photos..

Dust,salt and pepper the chicken.

 Chopping with drinking.Don't drink too much..

Nice colouration.

 This wine.Too smooth to drink..I didn't get drunk, though.

Mangiare!

I served with millet with beans this time, I felt the cacciatore is too rich for the millet ,it is better fitting with pasta.