I made half quantities of this because my fridge is filling up ridiculously fast at the moment with things I've made in jars and I just wanted to try this out to see what it was like but I've put the full quantity amounts here as per the recipe. It is also, apart from the 36 hour wait, very quick to make. I did the chopping etc quite late on a Sunday night and it didn't take very long at all!
Uncooked Autumn Chutney
Makes 7-8 jars
900g apples, peeled and cored
450g onions, quartered
450g stoned dates
450g sultanas
450g demerara sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp salt
Cayenne Pepper to taste
450ml white wine vinegar
You will just need a big china mixing bowl and your food processor if you have one otherwise a sharp knife and something good on the tele to watch while you chop, will do. I used granny smiths and I weighed them before I peeled/cored them.
1. Chop the apples, onions and dates or pulse them carefully in the food processor - you don't want to over-do it and make a puree. When you are chopping everything remember that it's not going to be cooked down so you want it to be as fine or as chunky as you would want to eat - I think I could have done with making mine a bit smaller.
2. Put the mixture into a large china bowl and add the rest of the ingredients (sultanas, sugar, ginger, salt, cayenne and white wine vinegar) and stir together.
Everything in it's bowl |
3. Cover with clingfilm and leave for 36 hours, stirring occasionally.
Everything in it's bowl after 36 hours |
4. Put into warm sterilized jars. This will keep for months if not years and is delicious served with cheese on toast.
I was given a jar of the autumn chutney for Christmas. It is delicious, the best chutney I have tasted to date!
ReplyDeleteFollowe instructions but it is so runny ... Any ideas
ReplyDeleteSorry this got sent to my spam comments. I would reduce the apples a bit and if still runny then reduce the vinegar a little
Deletecan i use white vinegar or Apple cider vinegar?
ReplyDeleteI would suggest apple cider vinegar over white vinegar
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