Even more feijoa recipes...

For some reasons I find that a lot of my visitors are looking for feijoa recipes. Here's more recipes for my dear readers. Enjoy sampling them...

Feijoa Jam

Ingredients:
2 lbs feijoas, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup water
Juice and zest of one lemon
4 cups white granulated sugar, warmed

Directions:
1) Place feijoas in a jam pan or large, wide saucepan
2) Add water, lemon juice, and zest
3) Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat and cook until fruit is soft about fifteen minutes
4) Add warmed sugar and stir until it dissolves
5) Bring jam to a rapid boil and boil without stirring until the mixture reaches the setting point, about 20 minutes.
6) Pour jam into warmed, sterlized jars, cool and seal

Makes 6 to 8 cups


Feijoa Smoothie

Ingredients:-
2 feijoas
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup vanilla ice cream (you can also use yoghurt)
1 tablespoon honey

Directions:-
1) Cut feijoas in half and scoop out the flesh, put in to blender
2) Add remaining ingredients and blend until frothy


Feijoa Chutneys

Ingredients:-
1.5 kg feijoas
1 kg onions
1/2 cup crystallised ginger
2 cups sultanans
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3 teaspoons curry powder
2 tablespoons salt
1 litre malt vinegar

Directions:-
1) Peel and chop the feijoas and onions and slice the ginger finely.
2) Combine all ingredients in a large pan and bring to the boil, stirring.
3) Simmer until thick, then pour into jars.
4) Seal when cold.


Feijoa Sorbet

Ingredients:-
3kg feijoas
3 lemons, juiced
350ml sugar syrup
50 ml glucose

Directions:-
1) Place lemon juice in a bowl.
2) Cut the feijoas to half and spoon out the flesh, place in the juice.
3) Whip in the food processor, then pass through a sieve.
4) Add the syrup and glucose.
5) Add a little green food colouring.
6) Pop into an icecream maker and churn into an icecream container to freeze,
7) Then break the frozen feijoa juice into blocks and put back in food processor to whip up
8) When becomes 'fluffy' put it back in the container to freeze.