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The Petits Chefs worked with a new-to-many-of-them fruit this week – kumquats!
We tasted them first…
And decided they were “not bad”. Their appearance led many of the boys to believe they would be sour like lemons but they were pleasantly surprised. Plus, bonus “you eat the skin!”. We got to making “lucky” jam – they are thought to bring prosperity and good luck for Chinese New Year.
Isn’t it a beautiful colour?
Now if you have jam, you need something to put it on, right? So we made bread. Brown soda bread, to be precise…
I’ve made this before with the Petits Chefs and love that it’s a bread recipe I know we can get done in an hour!
Yup, some of them are rather strange-looking but they tasted wonderful!
Of course, between bread and jam, one needs butter. So we made butter. Again.
A perfect accompaniment to our bread rolls. The boys were once again fascinated watching as cream turned into butter. They also loved squeezing out the moisture!
Et voilà:
Bread, butter and jam in under an hour? Yes, you can (it’s hectic, I warn you, but do-able!).
Get the recipe for the homemade butter here.
The brown soda bread recipe comes from Kevin Dundon’s Modern Irish Food which you can buy on Amazon Amazon Canada or for free worldwide shipping on The Book Depository.
Get the recipe for a kumquat jam on Crunch a Color and in The 52 New Foods Challenge cookbook.
Want to see 52 New Foods in action? Check out the 52 New Foods Junior Chef Classes at your local Williams Sonoma (call your local store for details!)
Buy The 52 New Foods Challenge at your local Williams Sonoma store or on Amazon or Amazon Canada. Or for free worldwide shipping, buy from The Book Depository. What new food will YOU try this week?
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Disclosure: I received a copy of the 52 New Foods Challenge cookbook for the purposes of taking part in the #52NewFoods Challenge through Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Ambassador Community. I was asked to create one original recipe for the challenge. I did not receive any further compensation for writing this post nor any other promotion of the book I might be involved with.
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Love the sound of lucky jam — I had no idea kumquats were so auspicious. Quite am impressive menu to whip up in an hour!
Yes we were ambitious but they did well!