Stepping up!

Wow, three of my favorite things in one jar! Would love to try it, thanks for offering.

-Elisabeth

I would love to try some too. Sounds like an interesting combination.

Stacie
girlsingardens

Me too!!
Linda C

Mee too!

O.k., need two more! Don't be shy!

Oh I would love some!! Thanks so much for the offer. If you need my address Evil Jessy has it. Or I can private e-mail you later.

Robin

I'll get everyone's addresses afterwards. Need just one more!

I would like to try it, love cardamom.

Yay! O.k. ladies, just send me an e-mail through the "My Page" link on this post with your mailing address and I will get these out next week.

Thanks for playing and I hope you enjoy the jam! I feel much better giving these jars to people who I know will appreciate it!

Well shoot! I am too late!

Oh well - maybe you will post the recipe and I can make some of my own.

Alexa

Just curious how much cardamom you put in - I usually drop in a couple of seeds in a pint jar. Emphasis 'couple', that stuff is wicked strong. I totally get how one can love/hate the stuff.

I made cardamom plum jam and ground up maybe three seed pods for a double batch of jam. It was plenty!

I'm sure you'll find homes for your lovely jam. I'll keep my name out of the hat as I have a counter full of plum and nectarine jams at the moment!

I missed the post too :-(

Please share your recipe.

Thanks,

Linda

Jessy, wellllll, I first got the inspiration from Ohiomom at her blog Cooking in Cleveland. She used 1 tsp ground cardamom and all the published recipes I looked at for spiced jams used approximately 1 tsp of spices.

Vanilla Pear Cardamom Jam

4 cups fresh peeled, diced pears
2-3 T of lemon juice
1 vanilla bean (scraped)
1 tsp ground cardamom
1 box powdered pectin
5 cups sugar

Place pear, lemon juice, vanilla bean paste from bean, cardamom, and pectin in large sauce pot. Bring to a boil, then add sugar all at one time. Bring back to a hard boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove from stove, scrape off any foam.

Process in prepared jars, BWB for 10 minutes.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cooking In Clevelands Recipe (Freezer Jam)

Actually, it WAS 1/4 cup lemon juice...had another recipe going on in my head.

But....Alexa....maybe you won't like cardamon and pear....why notw ait and see what the jury says?
linda C....hoping she gets her jar of preserves before pear season is over....and gets to taste it....so she knows to make some of her own...or not

That's a lot of cardamom in my opinion! I probably would use a 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom for 4 cups of pears.

But I'm a wimp.

Kathy, I'm guessing anything you make is delish, even if you don't think so!!!! If someone didn't care for cardamom, what other spice could you substitute?
DONNA

Donna, a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice...any of those would be fabulous. I think I will try this recipe again someday with another spice mixture.

Fabulous!!....
I will make some, but with a wee bit less cardamon....and perhapos a bit of cinnamon...
I am dreaming if it on rye toast...with caraway seeds!
Thank Thank you Gardengirl!!!
Next week....and I know there will still be pears!
Linda C

Alrighty then!

This recipe goes on my must try soon list (unless of course, Linda C sends me a jar she made first!)

g, d, r

Alexa

That does sound like a lot of cardamom. I normally have the whole pods and get the seeds out and grind them when I need ground cardamom. Maybe Ohiomom uses already ground cardamom - I've heard ground cardamom loses potency pretty quickly.

Still looking forward to trying the jam. And our pears should be ripe soon so maybe I'll even try making some.

Thank you so much for the jam!! I will use it as a filling for something because there is a bit too much cardamom. However as a filling it will be subtle and the deliciousness will be highlighted.

-Robin

Yum yum! Thank you for the jam. I was getting a little worried - it would be too bad to not like it after you had gone to the trouble of shipping it and 1 tsp of cardamom did sound like a lot. I've made a recipe or two where the cardamom was too strong and it can be overpowering.

But I love it! I tried some out on a challah roll so I could taste its flavor without other strong flavors interfering and it was very good. Then I put it on a slice of rye toast with some pepper chevre cheese and that was even better with the pepper to balance the sweetness.

If I make a batch, I might reduce the cardamom for those who don't like it as strong but this was right for my taste buds. The vanilla pear cardamom combination worked well.

Sorry haven't posted that I got the jam, things have been crazy around here. Now that I am on a diet for the gallstones toast is one of the things that I can eat, and the jam is just delish. I am hiding it so that I don't have to share.

Stacie
girlsingardens

The jam is delicious, just the right amount of cardamom for me..........I will be making a batch, hopefully, this weekend! Thanks for being so generous, Kathy.

Kathy

I am sorry you did not like the jam. I love cardamom and my food critic loved the jam. In fact it is already gone. I cut back on the sugar, his mom used to make whole pear preserves and the sugar was so heavy you could not taste the pears.

For those of you who received a jar and liked it, thank you :)

The jam arrived and it is wonderful! The flavor is elegant and subtle and the cardamom is just right for me. I plan to make a batch of this jam. What kind of pear did you use?

I stirred some into yogurt this am, really delicious. DH tried some on one bite of waffle and then I noticed he spread it over the entire waffle, lol. I think it is better suited to a tender bisquit or an English muffin that to a whole grain/nutty/seedy bread.

Thanks again for sharing!

Oh goody! I was worried about everyone getting their jar. I sent everything out via UPS last Tues, so that's good to hear.

I guess it depends on your own tastebuds. I thought it was too "cardamom-y", but I used Penzey's ground cardamom, which their spices are VERY fresh. I will make this again, but much less cardamom and maybe a mixture of some other spices like cinnamon, allspice, ginger, etc.