green tomato chutney

Ladyhawk

The recipe that I am looking at making today for the chutney specified malt vinegar but all I have is spirit or balsamic vinegar... would either of these work?

Ladyhawk

Money_saving_Diva wrote: »

This is my tried and tested (and favourite) Green tomato chutney....

1 pint vinegar
1lb demerara sugar
1 lb. chopped green tomatoes
1 lb. chopped cooking apples
½ lb. chopped sultanas
¼ lb. chopped onions
½ lb. sugar (granulated is fine)
½ tsp ground ginger
Pinch of salt
1 chilli finely chopped (You can skip this if you want a more traditional recipe)

• Put the vinegar and demerara sugar in a pan and heat gently until sugar melts.
• Add all the other ingredients
• Bring mixture to boil and cook slowly stirring all the time until it thickens.

It's ready when you can pull a wooden spoon across the bottom of the pan and the line you make stays clean.

Has anyone tried this recipe? I made it this evening, and I am not sure about the final sentence. Mine ended up being very dark and slightly bitter (poss burnt?) Surely it is best to stop cooking before you get to the "pull a wooden spoon" test so that it is not too solid?