Red Tomato and Green Chilli Jam

Ingredients:

• 500 grams red onion – finely sliced.
• 1 shallot – finely sliced
• 1 kg of fresh plum tomatoes
• 3 garlic cloves – finely sliced
• 4 green chillis – seeds left in and finely sliced
• Thumb sized piece of fresh ginger – peeled and sliced (match sticked)
• ½ teaspoon of smoked paprika
• 250 ml of red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil

1. To begin this little pot of sunshine, weigh and prepare all of the ingredients as outlined above.
2. Place a medium range master sauce pan onto the heat allow to heat slightly once up to temperature add your olive oil.
3. Next add your red onion and shallot, allow sweating as this allows their natural sweetness and sugars to be released roughly about 15 minutes.
4. Next add your other aromas consisting of garlic, ginger and chilli once again allow sweating as this helps to mellow the harshness of the chilli but also helps to release the natural sweetness and perfume from the aromas.
5. Next add your 250 ml of red wine vinegar and allow the vinegar to evaporate. Once the vinegar has evaporated add your sliced tomatoes with the light brown sugar.
6. Stir to incorporate and dissolve the sugar.
7. Once fully combined, bring off the heat and get ready to jar up!