Moskonfyt is not a product familiar to a farmer. It is a great breakfast treat if you butter your toast, put the jam on top and leave it for a while to soak into the crunchy toast The must grape jam leaves a bittersweet taste in your mouth, I returned to Gauteng after my business trip and could not find this product in any of the stores. Needless to say, during follow-up visits I bought some home to enjoy. Eighteen years later, I rediscovered this delight on a trip to the Western Cape with my family.
Moskonfyt or must grape jam is a mix of fermenting press grape juice, skin, seeds and pulp, reduced down until it makes a light syrup. Producing must grape jam is a long and tedious process. The best tasting must grape jam I tried is cooks These traditional cooks use Blue gum tree wood from the farm. No sugar or preservatives to this particular brand of Moskonfyt, making it healthy and unique treat. Use the light bottled syrup in the following ways:
- Moskonfyt penetrates the bread to form a sweet and sour crispy soggy slice that lingers in your mouth after eating it.
- Replace traditional Maple syrup with Moskonfyt and enjoy it with French toast.
- Enjoy this handmade delight with ice cream and apple crumble, pancakes, pears or waffles.
- Vinaigrette: ideal vinaigrette with fresh vegetables and salad.
- Glaze: Mix the Moskonfyt with sherry vinegar and use it as a Gammon or Duck glaze.
- Sauces - Sherry vinegar and Moskonfyt also provided a perfect glaze when used with duck or in a monkey gland sauce.
- Fish dish basting: Moskonfyt goes well with Snoek tumble. My Snoek tumble simply by heating some oil in a pan, fry potato blocks for 10 minutes. Add coriander, tomato, Snoek and lemon juice , season to taste and enjoy with freshly baked bread and Moskonfyt.
Rediscovering Moskonfyt on our holiday with the family Jam on crispy toast. Introducing this to my eight-year-old daughter and was a special moment - she is a swimmer and always looking for something to snack on and as a swim mom, I am always looking for healthy snacks for our swimmer to eat.
There are some health attributes to to grape jam. School going learners each taking a spoon full every morning to provide them with their daily dose of healthy nutrients and antioxidants. Serving Moskonfyt as a snack for swimmers that burn in excess of 3,500 calories an hour depending on their training program is therefore not a bad idea.
Buy Moskonfyt as a gift. It is debatable why not many of the Farm stalls on the West Coast stock Moskonfyt - we discovered this driving from stall to stall looking to buy it as a gift for my neighbor. Neverheless, we ended up going back to the original stall where we bought the first bottle to buy another as a gift.
We definitely have to buy a bottle or two when we visit Granny again!
