Lunch: Hush Puppies with Green Zebra Tomato Jam

Recipe by Clayton Miller At Trummer's on Main in Clifton, Virginia, Clayton Miller makes a highly seasoned, Indian-inflected tomato jam with ginger, cinnamon, cumin, and cayenne. It's a terrific accompaniment to his hush puppies — cheekily nicknamed "shu

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Honey, Apple Cider Vinegar

Health and fertility benefits of Hush Puppies with Green Zebra Tomato Jam

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). One tbsp of honey has a glycemic index (GI) of 55. Apple cider vinegar will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

1 c. yellow cornmeal
1 c. all-purpose flour
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 large egg
1 c. milk
3 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 lb. Green Zebra tomatoes
1/2 c. honey
1/2 c. apple cider vinegar
1/4 c. sugar
1 tbsp. finely grated fresh ginger
1 clove garlic
1 cinnamon stick
1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
salt
vegetable oil

Instructions

Prepare the hush puppies: In a large bowl, whisk the cornmeal with the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add the egg, milk, and melted butter. Whisk until smooth. Cover and refrigerate the hush puppy batter for at least 1 hour.
Meanwhile, make the jam: In a medium saucepan, combine the diced tomatoes with the honey, vinegar, sugar, ginger, garlic, cinnamon stick, cumin, and cayenne. Bring to a boil and simmer over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until thick and jammy, about 40 minutes. Discard the cinnamon stick. Season the tomato jam with salt. Transfer the jam to a bowl and let cool.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large saucepan, heat 2 inches of oil to 350 degrees F. Set a rack over a large rimmed baking sheet and place near the stove. Stir the hush puppy batter. Drop tablespoon-size balls of batter into the hot oil, about 6 at a time, and fry, turning a few times, until they're deeply browned and cooked through, about 3 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the hush puppies to the rack to drain. Repeat with the remaining batter. When all of the hush puppies have been fried, reheat them in the oven for about 3 minutes, or until they're hot. Serve them with the green tomato jam.

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