Self Sufficiency - Apple Chutney

[British Red]

Well, just for Spam as he seems to like it - heres my way of using up windfalls from the big apple tree.

Take 1lb of strong onions, peeled and very finely chopped

Put them in a steel pan JUST cover with water.

Bring up to the boil and then simmer gently for 5 minutes until soft

While thats going on peel and core the apples - sling any bruised bits. You want 3lb of chopped stuff. Chop it finely, Put the apples into 2 pints of cider vinegar as you chop em . Malt vinegar is cheaper and works fine if you like it that way it makes a stronger taste


Drain off any excess water from your onions and put in the apples in vinegar.

And a pound and a half of Muscavado sugar (raw demerara if you can't get muscy), 6oz of sultanas,

Add 1 tsp of sea salt and half a teaspoon of cayenne. Then grate a couple of fingers of fresh root ginger (an ounce or two) into the mix.

Stir on a low heat until all the sugar has dissolved.

Then bring to a hot fast boil,

Lower the heat and simmer the snot out of it (at least two hours till its gloopy)

Heat jars in the oven,

fill with warm chutney ( a ladle and jam funnel comes in really handy here)

Seal well and leave for three months or so to mature (if you can wait - its pretty good now though)

Thats it - quick rough bloke cooking with a nice sharp tangy result - goes well with some rough bread and cheddar

Red

 

[swagman]

That looks great Red . I will give that one a try.
Its rearly good when people take the time out to post something like this.

Thanks Swagman.

 

[JonnyP]

Yummy.....

 

[DoctorSpoon]

mmmmmmm ... that looks good! We only planted our apple trees last winter so we've hardly any apples let alone windfalls yet. I shall have to see if I can find someone about with a surplus

 

[Singeblister]

Looks great I made some today almost same recipe but using green tomato instead of the apple , tastes good better in a few month , I still have loads of green tomatoes through might have to do another batch , On another note i went into tesco today and they were selling the clip down glass jars with the rubber seal for under £1 I paid twice that at Ikea a few days back.

 

[Everything Mac]

Well Red, upon your recommendation I've just done a batch using this recipe. Hopefully they'll be ok.

Cheers