Making chutney is one of those things considered the domain of elderly women, who make it for the church fete and sold to raised much needed funds. The recipients put it at the back of, or in the door of the fridge and there it lingers.
But chutney making is fun and a great way to use allotment overstocks, or giveaway bargains in the reduce to clear counters at the supermarket.
You can almost guarantee that every chutney you make will be different – vegetables, fruit, sugars, vinegars, spices all add to the mix of a successful chutney and some you find will work better than other. This article by Hugh Roadkill Whittingstall, is really quite good –
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/25/pickle-recipes
Basically stick to 2kg of vegetables and fruit, to 250g sugar and 400ml vinegar.
If I use less fruit I use more sugar…………. Continue reading “Time to be Cheap and Chutney”
