GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY

A simple cooked chutney with tomatoes and apples

This is a family recipe, originally from my grandmother.

Ingredients

(16 cups)

1.5 kg green tomatoes
1 kg cooking apples
350 g shallots or onions
350 g sugar
350 g sultanas or currants
60 g salt
10 ml mixed pickling spice (or use 10 g ginger root)
9 peppercorns
6 cloves
600 ml vinegar

Procedure

Peel apples.
Cut tomatoes, apples and onions into small pieces
Tie the spices in a muslin bag.
Put all ingredients into pan (not an iron pan).
Bring all to a boil and simmer for about 5 hours, stirring occasionally. The mix should thicken and turn golden brown.
Put in bottles, and store for at least 3 months.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 30 minutes preparation, 5 hours cooking, 3 months waiting.
Precision: approximate measurement OK.

Contributor

 
Guy Middleton 
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 
gamiddleton@watmath.uucp

Recipe last modified: 9 Mar 87

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