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Chutney help - which vinegar?

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Sunshine_and_Roses
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I have just made my first ever chutney - BBC Good Food Spiced Apple Chutney. Only did half the recipe in case I messed up, so I have one jar ready for Christmas!

I now have caught the bug and want to make some more, but cant be bothered to go to the shop for more vinegar. I have about 50ml of brown malt vinegar, 100ml of clear distilled malt vinegar, and a jar of balsamic. I dont norrmally use malt vinegar (soggy chips - yuk) so could do with using these up.

I have lots of large white onions, a couple of red onions, some cherry tomatoes with inedible skins and lots of spices.

Can anyone help me with a recipe please? I have tried Googling but all I can find are recipes with red wine vinegar. Thanks for any help.

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  • MallyGirl
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    http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2594653/caramelised-red-onion-chutney
    I'd do this and just substitute the vinegars you have for the red wine vinegar that you don't. It will still taste good
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    Thanks MallyGirl. I have just picked the last of my tomatoes, half of them green, so I am going to do a mix of the recipe you kindly suggested and Nigel Slaters green tomato chutney. I have put the tomatoes in boiling water to hopefully get the skins off first!
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    I make the chutney and then pick the skins out at that point - especially if they are green. Some will slip though the net but people cope.
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  • FrugalinShropshire
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    I made a couple of jars of Green Tomato Chutney last week and the tomatoes were just sliced finely, not peeled. It smelled divine!
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  • pws52
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    Chutney making can become addictive!

    I chop green tomatoes as some are too piddling to peal and I cannot bear waste!
    My 'go to' recipe is Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's Glutney Chutney.
  • Farway
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    I love HM chutney, made loads when I had apple & runner bean glut. Still eating it now, made in 2011, so it does keep for anyone wondering, all the vinegar / sugar & boiling I guess
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  • paddy's_mum
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    Cor - I'm not sure that I ever knew there was such a thing as a chutney recipe. I just chuck in everything that I've got plenty of, add a few tired bits and pieces from the veg drawer in the fridge and cook till thick enough to put in the jar!

    Recipes? Hmmm, this might open up a whole new world. :)
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