Grape Jelly and Mosto Cotto Balsamic
The hubby planted a cutting from his Dad's grape vine several years back, and we are now finally getting enough to can! This vine is special to the Vining Family (no pun intended!) because it was brought to this country by his ancestors. He told me last night that it was his great, great, great, great Grandfather's cutting that started the vine on American soil! What a heritage to pass down! I washed and sorted the grapes. This is some of the heritage that I have from my Grandmama Bradham. Her chinois or stainless steel cone with pestle. You can see it was well used! The pestle is seasoned with many grapes and other fruits and vegetables! I got 8 cups of juice from the grapes. About the Mosto Cotto... " Also called vino cotto , saba, and petimezi , mosto cotto means �cooked must.� The �must� is smashed grapes that in this case are cooked down into a delectable sweet sauce with the consistency of maple syrup. It is heavenly on fruit, cheese,...