Spiced Fall Fruit Jam with Hazelnuts and Red Wine
- 3 cups fresh red wine must or young fruity red wine, such as Beaujolais or Zinfandel
- 1 pound fresh figs, stemmed and halved
- 2 Bartlett pearspeeled, cored and coarsely chopped
- 2 Granny Smith applespeeled, cored and coarsely chopped
- 1 quincepeeled, cored and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar, plus more to taste
- Three 3-by-1/2-inch strips orange zest
- 1 bay leaf, preferably fresh
- One 2-inch cinnamon stick
- 1/2 cup roasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
- In a large, nonreactive saucepan, combine the red wine must with the figs, pears, apples, quince, sugar, orange zest, bay leaf and cinnamon stick.
- Bring to a boil over moderately high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Reduce the heat to moderate and simmer the cogna, stirring often, until very thick and reduced to 4 cups, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- If the cogna is not sweet enough, you can add up to another 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Discard the orange zest, bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
- Stir in the hazelnuts and simmer for 10 minutes longer.
- Let the cogna cool to room temperature before serving.
fresh red wine must, fresh figs, bartlett, sugar, orange zest, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, hazelnuts
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/spiced-fall-fruit-jam-with-hazelnuts-and-red-wine (may not work)