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Tomato Peach Jam

A dip. A sandwich spread. A pizza sauce. On avocado toast. Grilled veggie drizzle. A swoosh under cheese. Swirled over vanilla ice cream.

I’d love to see how you decide to use this delicious tomato peach jam. It’s savory, spicy and interesting with a hint of sweet. Summer is here- don’t delay!

Tomato Peach Jam

2 large heirloom tomatoes (or a few small ones)
2 peaches
1 tbls olive oil or ghee
1/4 tsp pink salt
1 – 2 tsp coconut sugar
1/2-1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp Aleppo pepper
1/4 tsp Chinese five spice
1/8 tsp ground turmeric
few grinds of black pepper
squeeze or two of lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Dice the tomatoes and peaches, place in an ovenproof dish. Toss with the olive oil and all the remaining ingredients except for the lemon juice.

Roast ~30 minutes. Remove from oven, cool. Blend with the lemon juice (there may be a lot of juice from the tomatoes, it will blend in.) You can leave a little chunky or go fully smooth.

Store in the refrigerator.

Easy Berry Sauce or Jam

Use any berries to create a perfect berry sauce that can also be used as a loose jam or jelly. Sure, most jam and jelly recipes will call for pectin or other stabilizer but you don’t really need it.

This doesn’t need to be limited to berries, I’ve also used pears, peaches and apples with great luck too!

This is great over roasted duck, over ice cream, on avocado toast or in my Gluten Free Lemon Berry Cake!

Berry Sauce or Jam

1 pint berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries or blackberries)
1/3 cup sugar, maple syrup or honey (I use monkfruit sweetener)
1/4 cup water
Pinch of salt
1 tbls lemon juice

Place all the ingredients except the lemon juice in a pan and bring to a simmer. Simmer on low for about 15 minutes until all the berries are broken down and the sauce begins to thicken. This will thicken more in the fridge.

If the pan gets too dry it’s often due to the heat being on too high – – simply stir in another 1/4 cup of water.

Stir in the lemon juice. Remove from heat and use warm or chilled. Store in the refrigerator.

NOTES: If you prefer a sweeter sauce, add more sweetener.