tomato chutney help

joisey

I have 750g of tomatoes that need using asap.

I have looked in the complete jam, chutney and other thread and there isnt anything on tomatoes there...

I have about 200ml of white wine vinegar, and some balsamic vinegar some herbs and spices, have onions.

looked in the interweb for recepies and I want to avoid buying lots of ingrediants, as dont have much moolah left this month

thanks ladies

helyg

I used this recipe over the weekend: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2644/autumn-tomato-chutney and I also found this one on the same website: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2949/homemade-tomato-chutney might be of some help?

Zazen999

If your chutney doesn't have the right amount of vinegar for the weight of other ingredients, it won't store.....it's the vinegar and sugar that preserve it. Just thought I'd mention as it is quite important.

joisey

thanks! I had looked at both of those but it means buying lots of things...

I found this one on kitchen garden..

wondered how pivotal sarsons spiced vingear is??

6 lb (3kg) ripe tomatoes
1 lb (500 g) onions
1/2 pint (300 ml) spiced vinegar (Sarsons will do)
1 oz (25g) salt
1 and 1/2 teaspoons paprika
large pinch of cayenne
12 oz (350 g) granulated sugar

Zazen999

My fave recipe is on a gardening forum which is down for maintenance at the moment, I don't think the spiciness of the vinegar is important as you have spices to add anyway.

helyg

Does it have to be chutney? You could bottle the tomatoes to use in sauces etc? Just chop them up (in a liquidiser if you have one), boil them for about 10 mins, then pour them into hot sterilised jars and seal.

joisey

thinking of going with the above recipe as wont have to buy much else...

I have white wine vinegar and I can buy sugar... what spices would you add to
it?

I have ground cinamon and nutmeg, various herbs...

Zazen999

Are they green toms or red ones?

misskool

If in a rush, I just chop them up and freeze them. Just add them to a cooking sauce and they will mush down.

Or make tomato soup later

No point rushing around or buying anything you don't need

joisey

I want to make chutney to use for christmas gifts, I have the jars soaking the labels off...
I've been to the shops and purchased black peppercorns and sugar

have found in the back of the cupboard five spice power, cinamon and bay leaves...
so will use the above to spice the white wine vinegar shortly and then will leave that to steep, then ill chop my onions and bung them in a pan tmrw

Zazen999

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/season-taste/special-green-tomato-chutney_2551.html

This is my fave recipe. Whilst the spices are in the vinegar; chop up all the toms and onions and soak in layers with salt over them for 24 hours [see recipe] it removes alot of water and saves on reducing which can take absolutely ages if the toms are too wet. Honest!!!