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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Then bring to a hot fast boil,

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

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Heat jars in the oven,

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

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

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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.