courgette chutney

[slooky]

hello all

this recipe is from the River Cottage cookbook under the title River Cottage Chutney it keeps for ages and is a good use of big courgettes. so here goes

1kg Marrow or overgrown courgettes diced
1kg tomatoes (ripe or unripe)
500g sultanas
500g soft brown sugar
500g apples (either cooking or not too sweet)
400ml white wine vinegar
500g Onions chopped
3 finger chillies chopped finely(optional)
pinch of salt (personal Pref )

for the spice bag
12 cloves
2 tsp coriander
fresh ginger couple of pieces.

first make up the spice bag by placing the ingredients in an old piece of tea towel or cotton and tying the top with string.

Place all the other ingredients prepared as stated in a large pan or preserving pan.
Bring to the boil to dissolve the sugar and once boiling reduce to a simmer
Continue to simmer till the vinegar is pretty much absorbed and the veg is tender approx -3 hours stirring occasionally
while the chutney is cooking warm some clean jars in a hot oven to sterilise
Once cooked,discard the spice bag and place the chutney in the jars and cover with lids
Leave to mature in a dark cool place for 2-3 months label and date once cooled

Enjoy

tip - i have made this recipe several times and at the end of cooking have blitzed it briefly with a hand blender to give a smoother chutney


slooky

[HeyWayne]

Fantastic!!!

Now I know what to do with my mammoth courgettes, thank you!

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow.

[Twinkle]

excellent - thanks for that....
I shall also be chutney-making tomorrow

[rustylady]

Making lots of chutney, this sounds a good one. I'm running out of jars though. The girls at work think I'm mad - I've got them saving toilet roll "inner tubes" for bean and pea planting, now jars (I though I had plenty)

[SarzWix]

We've made this one before, it's nice. We liked it better with unripe tomatoes, which is handy because these are the ones we mostly use in chutney - ripe ones are used for other stuff, and with the sultanas well chopped so they don't do that 'Pfff' thing in your mouth (Ugh!).

[Twinkle]

oh beggar - I left my sultanas whole

Mind I was going to do the blender thing at the end as I like spreadable chutney for my sarnies... that should get most of them ??

[HeyWayne]

Erm, I think I will chop the courgette into smaller chunks for batch two (tomorrow night after I've purchased some more white wine vinegar).

[Twinkle]

despite the whole sultanas, mine smells and tastes luscious !!! Thanks again Slooky

[Hans Mum]

made mine today & its lovely....DD has asked for it on her sandwiches tomorrowtold her it needed to mature and she was having none of it...cant wait to see what its like when it has matured (if theres any left)

[amandaandherveg]

I made a big batch of sweetcorn relish today, smells pretty wild at the moment but after a few weeks it shoud be good.

Do you think the courgette chutney would be ok with distilled malt vinegar (the clear stuff) as I have a few bottles of that in the cupboard but no white wine vinegar left.

[Hans Mum]

thats what i used amanda.....didnt read the recipie properly till i read your post...oooppps
anyway it tastes fine

please will you post your sweetcorn relish recipe, thanks x

[amandaandherveg]

Oh excellent. I have filled one cupboard with jams, marmalades, chutneys, etc and am now on cupboard no 2 - this is getting out of hand, lol.

[moggssue]

Brilliant! Thank you for that. I was wondering what to do with all the marrows i grew on my courgette plants while I was away - now I know!! Cant wait to give it a go ...

[Twinkle]

made mine today & its lovely....DD has asked for it on her sandwiches tomorrowtold her it needed to mature and she was having none of it...cant wait to see what its like when it has matured (if theres any left)

we've been eating the spare bit that wouldn't fit into a jar.... all of us had cheese & chutney sarnies for lunch.

I think this may be a favourite recipe for going into the Twinkle family Christmas hampers too.

[amandaandherveg]

I was pulling out the ingredients to make this when my neighbour called by. She said she had a big courgette and did I want it - Gee whizz, it was 2 kilos. Still got the rest of it plus all mine to do something with.

It's almost finished reducing, tastes really good, will taste amazing when allowed to mature. Great recipe.