I had been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from both my original cookbook which many of you have, and additional accumulated recipes that never got published. This isn’t the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. These recipes are comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Friday, October 29, 2021

Roselle “Florida Cranberry” Sauce

6 cups Roselle calixes with seed pods removed (or 12 oz. by weight)
1 cup water
1 cup sugar.

Mix ingredients together in a stainless steel pot and boil until calyxes are tender. This is most like a traditional cranberry sauce.

For a more complex sauce try this:

4 cups chopped roselle calyxes (thawed if frozen)
1-1/2 cups water
1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
Pinch of cinnamon
1 Tbsp. lemon juice

Heat the water, juices, cinnamon and sugars to boiling in a 3-quart saucepan over
medium heat, stirring frequently. When the mixture begins to boil, lower the heat and
boil 5 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Add the chopped roselle, return the mixture
to a boil, and continue cooking 5 minutes longer, stirring constantly to avoid
scorching. You're done! Enjoy warm or refrigerate for a few hours before serving.
Serves 12 - 20.

For Roselle Chutney or Compote, add diced apple, raisins and chopped walnuts when you
add the chopped roselle. 

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