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Baked Apricot Jam Recipe

Miriam Kresh
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Baked Apricot Jam Recipe
Hurry and make your fresh apricot jam while the delicious yellow fruit’s still in season.

Fresh apricots have so short a season in the Middle East that bukra fil-mishmish (tomorrow, in apricot season, said in Arabic) is what you say to promise you’ll get something done quickly.

Probably that’s why there are almost no Arabic recipes featuring the fresh fruit. But why buy imported apricot jam when you can make your own apricot jam from fresh, local fruit? Or, for that matter, why buy chutney? Try our apricot chutney recipe too.

Many of the best jam fruits ripen in summer, so standing and stirring jam on a hot day seems inevitable. But baking jam in the oven allows you to walk away from the whole process and just scoop the caramelized fruit with its thick syrup into a clean, dry jar.

baked apricot jam, miriam kresh in small glass jar with spoon sticking out

Making apricot jam couldn’t be easier, and the flavor is incomparable: bright, tangy, and true to the apricot. The amount of sugar here makes a rather tart jam. You may increase it to 6 cups, which will give you a 50/50 proportion of sugar to fruit.

Note: start the jam in the early evening and let it cool overnight in the oven. That way you’ll avoid having the oven on during the hottest part of the day.

Baked Apricot Jam Recipe

yield: about  6 cups

Ingredients:

I kg. – 2 lb. fresh, rinsed and dried apricots

1/4 cup water

4 tablespoons vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla pod, split open

750 grams – 4 cups plain granulated sugar

Method for making apricot jam

Cut the apricots along their natural division and extract the pits. Halve them. Place apricots in a shallow baking dish and pour the water over.

Mix the vanilla and plain sugar and pour it over the apricots. If using a vanilla bean, place it in the middle of the fruit. Do not cover the fruit.

Turn the oven on to 325 F – 160 C.

Bake for 3-4 hours, checking occasionally to make sure the fruit is continuing to cook without burning, and to stir the vanilla bean around if using. The liquid will become thicker upon cooling. Once the fruit is slightly charred (and a delicious aroma fills the kitchen when you open the oven), turn the oven off. Allow the jam to cool in the oven.  Refrigerate.

If preserving for long-term use, remove the jam from the oven while still hot and pack into hot, sterilized jars.

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Bonn: The Latest Climate Talks and the Middle East

Arwa Aburawa
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Bonn: The Latest Climate Talks and the Middle East

bonn climate talks photoAn update on the latest climate negotiations in Bonn as well as Middle Eastern countries which made the headlines during the talks

Believe it or not, the latest climate negotiations at Bonn – which discussed the future of the Kyoto Protocol which ends in 2012 as well financing adaptation – have come and gone without making much of a stir. The lack of media attention is surprising, even if we take into consideration the total failure of Copenhagen and a growing realisation that climate summits are not where we are going to find solutions for climate change.

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Israeli Government Officials Prepare to Paint the Knesset Green

Karen Chernick
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Israeli Government Officials Prepare to Paint the Knesset Green

"green israel knesset"Five governmental committees and eight scheduled discussions plan on painting the Israeli Knesset green tomorrow during “Environment Day”.

Every one gets his or her day in court, and hopefully every important issue gets its appropriate representation in governmental legislation.  Tomorrow is the environment’s day, as the Israeli Knesset will be observing it’s own “Environment Day”, which has become somewhat of an annual tradition.  The day will be observed by five parliamentary Knesset committees, as well as several members of Knesset (including Dov Khenin), government officials, and heads of Israeli environmental organizations.

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Thai Migrant Workers Poach Wildlife for Food in Israel

Maurice Picow
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Thai Migrant Workers Poach Wildlife for Food in Israel

israel fox trappedThai workers are hunting for illegal game in Israel to supplement diet on meager income. The problem is they’ve over-hunted endangered animals

Illegal hunting of Israeli wildlife is contributing towards further reductions of both wild birds and mammals; and is even pushing species towards the “red line” of being threatened with near extinction. Illegal hunting, as well as unstoppable real estate development has led to a serious loss of natural wildlife habitats in the country, and the depletion of many wild animal species. Some of these animal species, such as rabbits and hares, partridges, foxes, and other species, that were once common even near developed areas, are now rarely seen. One of the reasons is that foreign Thai workers are trapping them for food.

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Jerusalem Festival of Light 2011 Brings Eco-Art to the Holy City

Bracha Arnold
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jerusalem light festival
Echinodermus and Pissenlit–created by TILT.

With towering trees made of light, flying acrobats, and psychedelic music, the Jerusalem Festival of Light seemed more like a big carnival for grown-ups than a forum for environmental art. Happily, many of the artists featured at the festival made sure to include sustainability and social responsibility in their designs. I found two innovative artistic installations that stood out.

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Jordan Gets A New UNESCO-Protected Pit Stop

Tafline Laylin
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Jordan Gets A New UNESCO-Protected Pit Stop

biodiversity, eco-tourism, biosphere reserveIt’s hard to believe that Jordan -thought worldwide to be nothing more than a sliver of desert – would have rushing waterfalls to protect.

At the end of June, 2011, UNESCO is expected to name Jordan’s Mujib Nature Reserve a protected biosphere reserve. The second such site in this small sliver of country, the Mujib Nature Reserve definitely deserves this distinction.

Home to a spectacular variety of fauna and flora, the 212 km2 reserve also features an incredible topography that climbs from 416 meters below sea level (near the Dead Sea) to high altitude summits.

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Egypt’s Dark Age Could End With New Caltech-Style Research Institute

Tafline Laylin
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Egypt’s Dark Age Could End With New Caltech-Style Research Institute

science and technology, Egypt, CairoMade to reflect California’s leading Science and Technology institute, the Zewail City of Science and Technology in Egypt could lift the country out of its semi dark age

Egypt experienced a huge brain drain during the three decades that Hosni Mubarak ruled the country. Formerly a highly acclaimed center for culture and education in the Arab world, literacy fell to just 66% in 2008.

To help lift his fellow countrymen and women out of its veritable dark age, Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail is working to establish a Science and Technology Institute in Cairo that will be modeled after the California Institute of Technology (home to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory). A Caltech Professor, Zewail has already enlisted six Nobel prize winners for the board of trustees, secured an enormous slice of prime real estate, and raised millions of dollars to achieve what has been a twelve year dream.

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Dead Sea Inspires Advantix Systems’ Cooling Tech

Susan Kraemer
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Dead Sea Inspires Advantix Systems’ Cooling Tech


Advantix Systems is yet another new Israel-based cleantech company just entering the U.S. market with an innovative solution for a big problem for US states as the climate heats up with climate change, while simultaneously, fossil fuels become rarer and more expensive, in the ongoing journey down the other side of Hubberts Peak. The company has pioneered a cooling technology that uses half the energy of traditional HVAC systems.

Already the US Department of Energy has anointed the Israeli firm Linum Systems with ARPA-E funding for its radical innovation in cooling technology. ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) was set up within the agency, to advance potential groundbreaking clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. Only super high-risk, high-reward clean energy technologies are selected.

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Nuclear Radiation Exposure Distorts Natural Gender Ratio

Tinamarie Bernard
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Nuclear Radiation Exposure Distorts Natural Gender Ratio

Under normal conditions, her baby has a slightly higher chance of being a boy, but new research suggests that exposure to radiation unnaturally skews the sex ratio.

The Japan nuclear disaster confirmed what we already know for certain: radiation is dangerous to human populations. In particular, mutagenic effects have long been reported, and we also know that sperm that are exposed to radiation can result in a man having diminished sexual health and sperm viability. Now, new science illuminates additional surprises: the gender of an unborn child appears to be effected by radiation exposure.

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Tal Gur’s Daily Chair Finds a New Use for Yesterday’s Irrelevant Newspaper

Karen Chernick
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Tal Gur’s Daily Chair Finds a New Use for Yesterday’s Irrelevant Newspaper

"Recycled newspaper chair"Yesterday’s news finds new use in Tal Gur’s Daily Chair.

The chair is perhaps the most culturally ubiquitous form of furniture, and so it is no wonder that so many designers try to put their own spin on it.  Among local environmentally-friendly designers we have already seen Junktion’s upcycled bicycle and window shade chairs, Amir Zinaburg’s recycled aluminum can chair, and Dosuno Design’s multipurpose Deckstool.  During this year’s exposition of contemporary design at Milan Design Week, Israeli designer Tal Gur joined other Bezalel Academy students and graduates with his Daily Chair – an elegant organic chair assembled from yesterday’s daily news.

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Cool Kuwaiti Home Foils Peeping Toms

Tafline Laylin
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Cool Kuwaiti Home Foils Peeping Toms

sustainable architecture, kuwaitThis beautiful home has loads of secret hiding spots and stays cool in the desert heat.

Traditionally, Arabic homes huddle together in order to create shade. This is a great technique to keep desert buildings nice and cool, but it’s not so great for foiling peeping Toms and Tamis.

AGi Architects struck the perfect balance by creating a space that is both well-shaded and private. Albeit somewhat high-budget, this striking addition to Kuwait’s Shuwaikh B skyline has a relatively small environmental footprint and spectacular views of the surrounding urban setting.

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Egypt Could Be On The Brink Of Famine

Tafline Laylin
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Egypt Could Be On The Brink Of Famine

desertification, agriculture, egyptEgypt’s fertile lands fed the Pharoahs, but a new report throws into doubt whether it can feed today’s 85 million strong population.

It is no secret to Professor Mohamed Kassas that desertification is one of Egypt’s greatest environmental threats. But the United Nations recently removed all doubt on World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought by announcing that no other country in the world is losing its fertile land as quickly as Egypt.

Combined with urban sprawl, desertification usurps the land traditionally used to grow food, creating serious consequences for the country’s ability to feed its people. So serious that if swift measures are not taken, leading experts believe that Egypt could experience a devastating famine.

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Stray Pups Cooked Alive in China

Maurice Picow
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Stray Pups Cooked Alive in China

pupyy cooked chinaHot dog! Puppy gets cooked alive. Animal cruelty at its worst!

Examples of cruelty towards animals are easy to find these days where in the Middle East stray dogs getting shot on sight in Beirut Lebanon, and there is abuse towards animals imported for circus performances. The most cruelty to animals, to man’s best friend, was picked up by Treehugger environmental news website, where  stray puppies are being cooked alive and eaten by people in eastern China.

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Palestinian Environmentalist Talks About Water, Dams & Finding Peace

Arwa Aburawa
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Palestinian Environmentalist Talks About Water, Dams & Finding Peace

The Palestinian environmentalist Taleb Al Harithi was born in a small town near Hebron called Idna in 1955. After gaining his PhD in 1986, he became a professor for Earth and Environmental Sciences and now works as a consultant for environmental health in the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Hebron alongside his post as a part-time professor for Geology and Hydrology in Birzeit University.

A passionate advocate for better water policies, he was part of the team which recently constructed a dam near Jericho to harvest rain run-off in the winter months. With a capacity of approx 700,000m³, it is hoped that the new dam constructed at Al-Ouja Wadi (around 13kms north of Jericho) will help alleviate the worst of the water problems facing the city. For example, the dam aims to dilute the increasing salinity of the underground water wells which makes the water undrinkable.

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Syrian Tomato Salad Recipe for Summer or Anytime!

Miriam Kresh
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syria summer salad

Hot weather meals call for lots of cool salads. Here’s an easy and attractive one featuring summer’s tomatoes.

Sometimes all I want for lunch is about six kinds of salad. I can get my protein from one like our  luscious quinoa salad, fill up on a satisfying potato/fava bean salad, go on the sweet side with our bulgur and fruit salad and even go wild with edible weeds and seasonal veggies.

But summertimes’s prime salad ingredient is red, juicy tomatoes. To bring out the best of their sweet-tart flavor, I like to add a Middle-Eastern touch to them with herbs and spices.

Syrian Tomato Salad with Spiced Lemon Dressing

Recipe adapted from “Aromas of Aleppo,” by  Dweck and Cohen

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

4-6 tomatoes

½ small red onion

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tablespoons olive oil

½ teaspoon ground allspice

1 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper flakes

A handful of parsley or cilantro leaves, chopped

HOW

Chop tomatoes into rough chunks.

Slice onion thinly. Gently mix into the tomato pieces.

Mix lemon juice, oil and spices and pour into the tomatoes and onions, gently stirring.

Scatter the chopped green leaves over the salad, and serve.

Both recipes may be halved or doubled.

More summery tomato recipes on Green Prophet:

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