If you’re anything like us this year you will have been left with quite a few tomatoes that are either grimly clinging to the plants or sitting stubbornly green on your kitchen windowsill ….. with no sign of giving in and turning red. Ironically, we have a wonderful harvest of apples which we couldn’t possibly keep up with despite our five a day target…… So, combine the two and add a few bits and pieces and you have a marvellous Green Tomato Chutney which will keep you smiling right through to Christmas and those lovely post-Christmas dinner nibbles that we can’t resist! Thought you might like to have a go …..
Ingredients
15g root ginger, finely chopped (I had none in .. unusually … so used a tablespoon of lazy ginger), 2 birds eye chillies, finely chopped, 2kg green tomatoes, chopped, 500g apples, peeled, cored and chopped, 250g raisins, 500g shallots, peeled and chopped, 500g brown sugar and finally, 570 ml or 1pint of malt vinegar.
Mix everything together in a preserving or heavy based pan. Bring it to the boil and you will see the sugar slowly dissolving – at that point turn down to a simmer and let the mix thicken until you are happy with it – I found that the liquid just slowly disappeared and the right consistency was reached after about three quarters of an hour.
A friend told me an easy way to sterilise your jars – half fill with water and put them in the microwave until the water boils! Be careful when removing them though! DO label your chutney – its such a proud moment when you bring your own label produce to the table!
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