Day #26
Today I could not resist buying figs to make some spicy fig mustard. I should have looked at my schedule before giving in to temptation (did you know that in paradise Eve tempted Adam with a fig and not an apple?). One meeting after the other and this is why I am cooking NOW instead of relaxing.
Fresh figs
I posted the recipe here years ago (I am getting close to my 3rd anniversary) but in the meantime I have worked on it and I have realised in the last days that my old blog posts are a little bit muddled, pictures have disappeared and links do not work. Great!
Anyway here is the recipe:
Spicy Fig Mustard
Recipe
1 kg figs (ca. 20 % waste = > 800 g)
2 fresh chillies (or less, depending on the spiciness and your taste)
ca. 5 cm ginger
4 TS Coleman mustard powder
1 TS dry roasted mustard seeds
1 lemon (juice and grated peel)
3 TS brown sugar
1 TS white balsamico
1 pinch sea salt
some of the ingredients
(including home-grown chillies and lemon)
Method
Peel figs, puree in food processor
Add grated ginger, mustard powder, sugar, juice and grated peel of lemon and mix well
Bring to a gentle boil and add the other ingredients
Cook to desired consistency
Fill in hot jars and sterilise
Tips
Wonderful with cheese and boiled potatoes, with your pot-au-feu (boiled meat) or simply by the spoonful.
I am waiting for the jars to be sterilised and have the time to tell you now about the ugly surprise: this morning I put on a lovely beige cashmere cardigan and discovered a hole in it. Just one? No, somebody must have had an orgy in my closet (normally the place where normal people keep their skeletons) and it is infested by clothes moths! So yucky!
It will take me hours to empty the closet, vacuum it and give it a good rinse with vinegar, putting all my cashmere sweaters and cardigans in the freezer (I need a new freezer!) and wash everything.
HELP: I am grateful for any tips on how to get rid of those darn clothes moths. And to think that only last week I was bragging that I have no such problem. I am more than upset!
Day #26 Do not shoot off your mouth. Even an ugly surprise may bring some advantage. I am forced now to clean my closet and maybe downsizing is not such a bad idea.
Anybody likes cashmere cardigans and sweaters with holes in it?
Send me your address and I will mail them to you (free of charge)!