The Joneses > wrote:

> Ad Meijer wrote:
>
> > Last year I had to much peaches to eat in a week.
> > So what to do whith them. Well I was making jam anyway.
> > So decided on peach jam. It tasted just to flat.so that was no solution.
> > Tried it whith mint, some what better, but still not the YESS feeling.
> > than 10 % fruit weight candied ginger . Bingo. absolutely worth a try.
> >
> > 1000 gram peach
> > 1000 gram sugar
> > 100 gram candied ginger grated
> > 50 gram pectin
> > 10 gram ctiric acid
> >
> > the latter 2 can be substituted whith sure gel or something like that.
> > and part of the sugar can be replaced with ginger syrup
> >
> > Jummy
>
> My mum's the one who told me peach & ginger are a classic combination. I
> used 1 tablespoon of fresh grated ginger, but that was barely "there." I
> thought 2 tablespoons of fresh grated ginger was better. But I got plenty
> candied ginger to try also!
> Edrena

I've added diced candied ginger to peach scones when I was baking at The
Night Kitchen, with very good results.