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Ophelia[_4_] · 11-08-2009, 10:59 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

wafflycat wrote:
"sutartsorric" wrote in message
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Mmmmm, green tomato chutney is a wonderful addition to curry -
together with blitzed up courgettes, mushrooms etc - or was that
another forum?

Here's the recipe I use. It's a Huge Fiercely-Eatsitall one.

Glutney
(Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe)

This is a 'multiple choice' recipe for chutney, designed to help you
use whatever seasonal fruit and vegetables are in full glut at the
time. For me, the courgettes/overgrown marrows are pretty much a
staple in August and September, and they may give way to pumpkins and
squashes in October and November. Tomatoes and plums are around at
roughly the same time, though the tomatoes will start early -
particularly if you use green ones.
Of course, no two batches of glutney will ever be quite the same -
but that hardly matters. You should also feel free to play fast and
loose with the spice bag. And if you like a really hot chutney, add
as much dried chilli as you dare.

Serve with cheese, cold meats, terrines, pork pies etc. But also
remember what a useful ingredient chutney is, with a ready-mixed
blend of sweet, sour and spice. I frequently add it to curries, soups
and stews.
To make about 10 jam jars' worth:
1kg marrows/overgrown courgettes, unpeeled but cut into dice no
bigger than 1cm (discard seeds from really large marrows) OR 1kg
pumpkin, peeled, seeds and soft fibres discarded, and diced no bigger
than 1cm 1kg red or green tomatoes, scalded, skinned and roughly
chopped OR 1kg plums, stoned and chopped
1kg cooking or eating apples, peeled and diced
500g onions, peeled and diced
500g sultanas or raisins
500g light brown sugar
750ml white wine or cider vinegar, made up to 1 litre with water
1-3 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp salt
for the spice bag
1 thumb-sized nugget of fresh or dried ginger, roughly chopped
12 cloves
12 black peppercorns
1 generous tsp coriander seeds
a few blades of mace

Put the vegetables and fruit in a large, heavy-based pan with the
sultanas or raisins, sugar, vinegar and water, chilli flakes and salt.

Make up the spice bag by tying all the spices in a square of muslin or
cotton. Add the spice bag to the pan, pushing it into the middle.

Heat the mixture gently, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar,
and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer for 2-3 hours, uncovered,
stirring regularly to ensure it does not burn on the bottom of the
pan. The chutney is ready when it is rich, thick and reduced, and
parts to reveal the base of the pan when a wooden spoon is dragged
through it. If it starts to dry out before this stage is reached, add
a little boiling water.
Pot up the chutney while still warm (but not boiling hot) in
sterilised jars with plastic-coated screw-top lids (essential to stop
the vinegar interacting with the metal). Leave to mature for at least
2 weeks - ideally 2 months - before serving.

Oooh thanks for sharing that! It has been saved