There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Ketchup de Noël pour tourtière - Untested

Ketchup rouge de grand-maman Noël

fait de 7-8 pots d'une pinte

1 gros panier de tomates rouges, peau enlevée, coupées en petit morceaux
6 pommes
6 oignons plutôt gros
la moitié d'un plant de céleri coupé fin
1 et trois quart de livres cassonade (ou au goût, plus ou moins 4 tasses pas tassée)
Vinaigre
3 poignées de sel (environs 3 c. à table)
une demi tasse c. à thé poivre noir
1 petit paquet épices à marinade (1 poignée)

Ajoutez le vinaigre au même niveau que les tomates et sucre mises dans le chaudron pour cuire. Laissez bouillir 15 à 20 minutes, tout en brassant pour l'empêcher de coller au fond et faire fondre le sucre. Ajouter le reste des ingrédients mais réserver les épices à marinade. Après quoi laisser mijoter jusqu'à la cuisson parfaite. Brasser souvent.
Ajoutez les épices a peu près 1h avant la fin. S'il manque de goût, ajoutez soit de la cassonade ou sel ou vinaigre et le tour sera joué. La cuisson dure à peu près 2 h et demi à 3hres. N'oubliez pas de mettre en pots et de servir sur la table...

Makes: 7–8 pint jars

12–15 lb (5.5–7 kg) whole tomatoes before peeling&coring, roughly 18–20 cups chopped tomatoes
6 tart apples
6 fairly large onions
Half a bunch of celery, finely chopped
1¾ lb brown sugar (to taste, more or less — about 4 cups, loosely packed)
Vinegar (about 3½–4½ cups (830–1,050 ml)
3 handfuls of salt (about 3 tablespoons)
½ cup black pepper (see note below)
1 small packet pickling spices (about 1 handful)
  1. Add vinegar to the pot to the same level as the tomatoes and sugar once they are in the pot. Bring to a boil and cook 15–20 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking and to dissolve the sugar.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients, except the pickling spices. Let simmer until perfectly cooked, stirring often.
  3. Add the pickling spices about 1 hour before the end. If it lacks flavour, adjust with brown sugar, salt, or vinegar as needed.
  4. Cooking time is about 2½ to 3 hours. 
  5. Thick, spoonable, glossy, not jammy. It should mound gently on a plate beside the pie.
  6. Don’t forget to jar it — and serve it at the table.
FOR 2 PINT JARS

2 pint jars (or 4 cups total)

3 lb (1.35 kg) ripe tomatoes, peeled, finely chopped (this corresponds to ~5–6 cups chopped)
2 tart apples (300g) peeled, cored, finely chopped
2 large onions (about 400–450 g total), finely chopped
½ cup (60g) finely chopped celery
1½ cups (250g) brown sugar (loosely packed)
1½ to 2 cups vinegar (white vinegar or cider vinegar?)
1 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsps. coarsely ground black pepper
2 Tbsps. pickling spices, tied in cheesecloth

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