8 Interesting Chutney recipe Ideas
Chutneys are an amazingly varied array of sweet, tangy or hot condiments. They originally hailed from India as a type of preserve as an alternative to the subcontinent’s scarcity of sugar. Today, chutneys, by and large, all contain spices and chilli but then their recipes can veer off to practically include any fruit, vegetable or herb. If you are grow your own fruit and veg then you’ll be most likely have encountered a time where your harvest is more prolific than you expected. Making chutneys from a surfeit of crops is a great way to prevent waste and to have some tasty treats to add to side dishes or to use as dipping sauces to your future meals.
Here are eight of our favourite chutneys. For full preparation method please follow the links.
Ingredients
2 – 4 onions
1 tsp salt
1 – 2 cans tomato puree
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp garlic sauce
Ingredients
10 red chillies
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
1 tsp salt
½ tsp tamarind paste
2 onions (chopped)
1.5 lb cooking apples (chopped)
3 lb cooked beetroot
1 pt vinegar
6 oz Demerara sugar
Juice of one lemon
1 tsp dry mustard
Pinch of ground ginger
Salt to taste
Ingredients
1 tbsp seedless raisins
1 medium apple (peeled, cored and chopped)
1 pinch of Cayenne pepper
1 pinch of paprika
1 pinch of granulated sugar
¼ tsp salt
Juice of one lemon
This is ideal for home tomato growers who plants are still cropping towards the end of the season when it looks like it’s too late for them to ripen.
Ingredients
3lbs green tomatoes
2 pints malt vinegar
1 lb sultanas
1 lb sour apples
1 lb onions
12 oz brown sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
Spice bag
Ingredients
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
1 small onion (finely chopped)
25g coriander (chopped)
25g sultanas
3 tbsp olive oil
1tsp cumin seeds (lightly crushed)
Ingredients
2 onions (chopped roughly)
1.35kg ripe tomatoes (plunged into boiling water for 1 minute, then skinned)
1 pint white wine vinegar
1lb granulated sugar
Spiced Beetroot and Orange Chutney
Ingredients
1.5kg raw beetroot (trimmed, peeled and grated)
700 g golden granulated sugar
700 ml red wine vinegar
3 onions (finely chopped)
3 eating apples (peeled and grated)
3 oranges (zest and juice of)
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp mixed herbs
Why not use some of the above recipes as inspiration to experiment with your own combinations of fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs?