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Tomato Jam? That's what my husband's reaction was, when I started making this on a Sunday afternoon. I can understand why he couldn't bond with the idea of tomato jam on toast. I didn't create this recipe for toast and jam. I was inspired to make a Savory Tomato Jam out of pure lust. You see, there's a local restaurant that served a dish that I fell in-love with. It was a lemon-rosemary marinated grilled chicken breast, served over a risotto cake with tomato jam. I loved it! But, that special is no longer on the menu, and I was pining for more.
I spotted these beauties at Whole Foods, and it was already October. At $3.99 a pound, I grabbed a couple of baskets and decided that these were destined for my own version of tomato…
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