Category Archives: Jams & Preserves

Oven-Roasted Tomatoes with olive oil and salt

Posted on October 2, 2012 by cuocaciccia

My friends, we have gotten way too extreme over here. I’m talking two months or so of homemade wild yeast starter breads. This has consumed the spare 4 and a half minutes that I used to dedicate to photographing for … Continue reading →

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Vanilla Pear-Apple Compote

Posted on October 7, 2011 by cuocaciccia

If you are enamored with the taste of real vanilla bean then it is certain that when you are done scraping the vanilla bean seeds to steep into cream for your creme brûlée or gelato or folding them into your … Continue reading →

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Multigrain Barley Flour Scones with Jam

Posted on September 27, 2011 by cuocaciccia

All summer Bob Marley has been singing to me. “Jammin, jammin, jammin.” First it was (the first batch of) strawberry jam. “Yea, I hope dis jammin’ gonna last.” I made lemon verbena-strawberry preserves, lavender-strawberry preserves, and just plain strawberry, but … Continue reading →

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Ambrosia Muffins with Peach Preserves

Posted on July 7, 2011 by cuocaciccia

I have only posted about muffins once on La Cuoca Ciccia, but it is simply because I do not want this site to feature muffins only. We make muffins over here once a week at a minimum. It was only … Continue reading →

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Homemade Cherry Preserves

Posted on June 25, 2011 by cuocaciccia

I may have mentioned before that we really like cherries over here. The guys that I usually purchase cherries from at the Alemany Farmer’s market said that they will linger around only one or two more weeks at best. I … Continue reading →

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