spiced apple & walnut chutney recipe

[maggie144]

for those that wanted it, here it is - sorry its late, been rather busy.

spiced apple & walnut chutney

900mls malt vinegar
450grms light soft brown sugar
900grms cooking apples peeled, cored and roughly chopped
450grms onions chopped
8oz raisins
1oz english mustard powder
1oz ground ginger
2tsp yellow mustard seeds (optional)
2tsp mild curry powder
20grms salt
1 tsp cayenne pepper
4oz walnut pieces.

put the vinegar and sugar into a large pan and bring to the boil. then add everything except the walnuts
bring back to the boil cook, stirring reguarly as it thickens, until it is well reduced and thick- remember it will thicken more as it cools.

stir in the walnuts spoon into sterilized jars, and seal with vinegar proof lids
it will keep for up to a year
makes 5lb
preperation time 30 mins
cooking time 30mins to an hour.

happy chutney making guys

maggie [/u]

[hedgewitch]

Ooooh this sounds yum!!
Thanks for posting.

[Millymollymandy]

Thanks for the recipe!

How many jars approx is 5lbs? So I know whether to do double quantities. Less than a kilo of apples doesn't sound like a lot.

[maggie144]

i got 4 jars out of the recipes roughly

maggie

[Millymollymandy]

Thanks Maggie - I think I'll make double quantities!

[chadspad]

Have just seen this recipe and fancy a go. M3 what do u use instead of cooking apples or have u got a secret stash of them here in France?

[Millymollymandy]

I've never used a cooking apple in my life - I've always used Granny Smiths or since moving here, similar apples off our trees (if it is at the right time of the year).

[Millymollymandy]

I've just noticed this recipe has a strange mixture of metric and imperial measurements! Bah humbug, now I've got to try to work out what those ounces are in grams.

[Millymollymandy]

Aha, found it on the BBC recipe site. It was not copied properly!

Ingredients
900ml/1½ pint malt vinegar
450g/1lb light soft brown sugar
900g/2lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
450g/1lb onions, chopped
225g/8oz raisins
25g/1oz English mustard powder
25g/1oz ground ginger
2 tsp yellow mustard seed
2 tsp mild curry powder
20g/¾ oz salt
1 tsp cayenne pepper
110g/4oz walnut pieces

[SarahJane]

That sounds great, I will have to give it a go this weekend.

[Millymollymandy]

I finally got to making apple chutney yesterday, only not this recipe because I haven't got half the ingredients for this one, and found one that used a lot of pumpkin pie type spices which appealed more to me and then I bunged in a load of chopped walnuts at the end!

The one I did said to cook very slowly for at least 4 hours! Well it was ready after about 3, so I sat and cracked walnuts whilst it was cooking - quite an enjoyable task on a dull wet afternoon.

If it is any good I will post the recipe, but you'll have to wait for a month before it matures.

[Shirley]

mmm... sounds perfect for the festive season.