Having made jams and jellies for years , and given almost all the jam away as we rarely eat it, I thought it was time to try chutney, it's such a treat to be given some of someone else's home made. Why haven't I done it before? it's so much easier than jam. It's been quite popular, so here are my recipes, modified from various recipes. I'm of the Jamie Oliver "slop a bit of this and handful of that school) I've made lots of different ones, my excuse for not posting for so long.
Feel free to pinch and enjoy them.
Cinnamon and Cranberry, something between jam and jelly, not really a chutney as no vinegar.
It's brilliant with Brie.
2 lb cranberries (frozen is fine)
scant 1 oz cinnamon bark (big chunks, to be removed)
1/2 pint water boil until soft
add 2 pints apple/grape juice (boil skin&cores of apples you've frozen for crumble and grapes if you have a free source, the colour's wonderful in 1pint/pound of water then strain overnight through a jellybag)
add 3lb sugar and boil until it sets (get a jam thermometer!)
Tomato Chutney
2-3lb tomatoes, any sort/colour, peeled and chopped. Leave the seeds in.
1lb very finely chopped onions
8oz very finely chopped apple
8oz sultanas
1/2 pint vinegar
10oz sugar
1 teaspoon salt
spices1:1/2 teaspoon chilli powder, 4 cloves,2 tsp fennel seeds, 2tsp coriander seeds,
2 tsp mustard seeds, 2tsp ginger powder and 2 tsp peppercorns, (crush solid ones)
spices2: 2tsp each cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cumin and coriander
boil onion and spices (1 for spice, 2 for mild) with a little of the vinegar and the salt, when
it's soft add apple, tomatoes and sultanas. When this is soft add the sugar and the rest of the
vinegar then boil until it thickens, not as hot as jam but still take 1/2 an hour or so.
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