Emergency - Making chutney and jars gone awol!

Curv

OK, so I know I should have dug out the jars before I started chopping and cooking, but I was in the mood for chopping and cooking and knew exactly where the jars were... plenty of time to sterilise them whilst the chutney was reducing.

Except the chutney is reducing and I've turned the house and the shed and the garage upside down looking for the jars and they are nowhere to be seen. :eek:

What will happen if I bottle the chutney when it's gone cool?

Please help... I've got my entire tomato crop simmering in that pan

Curv

Please please please.... someone... anyone?

cannylass_2

sorry curv, don't really know if this is the correct thing to do, but i have in the past stopped cooking and resumed the next day, IYKWIM. so if recipe says simmer for 90 mins, i would do 60 today and about 30 tomorrow, by which time you may have A) found jars, or begged, borrowed or stolen some off neighbours, friends, recycle bins....;)

good luck......:D:D

Curv

Thanks cannylass... I'll do that now.

*mwah* you are an :A

sunflower76

I've made jam before then realised that I didn't have jars and I bunged it all into a pyrex dish and jarred it up the next day. I did keep it in the fridge while I was jar-less.

I suppose it depends how much you are making. I only do two jars at a time so it was used up quickly enough but I would be more concerned if I was making 10 jars to store over the coming year.

Curv

sunflower76 wrote: »

I would be more concerned if I was making 10 jars to store over the coming year.

I'm making about 12 jars... 8 of which are earmarked for Christmas presents

jtb2412

What chutney are you making curv? Just being nosy ! lol

I would have done what cannylass suggested too rather than cooking it all in one go and letting it cool before putting in the jars.

Curv

I'm making green tomato chutney, as per this recipe, with the minor tweak of adding a few mustard seeds to the spice bag. It smells divine!

jtb2412

Ohhhh ! I've done some of that today too !

Got some tomato (ripe ones) and chilli chutney to do later tonight (once OH has finished cooking dinner and making a mess in the kitchen ! :rolleyes: )

Ours are also being given for xmas pressies too (doing some hampers with chutneys, jams and xmas puds in - first year of making stuff so am a bit of a novice - hope I don't poison anyone ! :eek: lol)