Apple Chutney

[RobinP]

Spent most of today cooking up a large batch of apple chutney, good job the OH is at work as the house stinks of vinegar!

First time I've tried this with the windfalls from the garden, will maybe have a go with the bumper crop of tomatoes next

[Hedera]

Good for you! All you need now are some nice pork sausages and mash for supper.

[Garden Carpet]

Oh.. that sounds wonderful.. shame I am allergic to vinegar as I have access to a whole orchard of windfalls

Anyone have recipes without vinegar or is there something I can substitute?

jaki

[Meta menardi]

Just getting tuned up for end of season chutney, plums,courgettes, tomatoes and whatever else we can find, usually really good.

[loripo]

There are recipes on the Net for fresh indian style chutney which use lemon juice not vinegar (as that is used for preserving a batch). They add things like coriander, mint and dried fuit. You may be able to freeze quantites of the apples then defrost to make your 'chutney of the day' dish

[Kayleigh]

Tomato and chilli chutney is lovely.

[Garden Carpet]

Loripo.. thanks for that.. will have a browse and see what I find. Have a plum tree (victoria) which is just about capsizing with the weight of fruit and henry and i are thinking of making plum brandy for christmas pressies

jaki

[Hedera]

Re vinegar: is it malt vinegar you are allergic to? or could you use white wine vinegar instead? My coeliac friend uses it in cooking etc. Or there is cider vinegar!

[Garden Carpet]

Hi Hedera, seems that most vinegar is a problem.. and given the severity of the reaction (greying of vision, nausea, difficulty breathing) I dont want to try anything else.

I will just cut and freeze and make endless yummy crumbles hehe

jaki

[RobinP]

Made about 5 jars of Pear Chutney today (I'm really getiing into this cooking lark :lol) Sainsbury's basic pears, a cooking apple, zest of lemon, cider vinegar, an onion, demarara sugar and various spices, lovely!