Making Chutney

quintwins

i don't chop onions, i have a pampered chef chopper i got it for making purees when weaning and half expected it to live in my cupboard for the next few years before being binned but i use it most days for onions/carrots/egg mayo ect best money i've every spent and no stingy eyes

Gonnabeasiren

Hello, Im newish around here!
I also made Onion Marmalade for Xmas presents, along with Sweet Chilli Jam. Onion Marmalade was quite cheap to make, but Sweet Chilli would have worked out very expensive as it needed loads of peppers. Luckily I got to Tesco just as they were reducing packs of peppers to 40p... so for less than a fiver I managed to get 5 jars of scrummy Chilli Jam!
Im not a chopper either.... mine were sliced in the food processor, still made me cry tho!

midnightraven3

this sweetcorn relish recipe is simple and delicious
its like the ones M&S sells but much better!

great for meats & cheeses and would be brill for BBQ season
takes 6 weeks to mature
i make this for my christmas hampers every year due to the requests!

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/79/Sweet_Corn_Relish46984.shtml

jcr16

what about mango chutney ? a mixed fruit chutney of say tom's, apples, sultana etc ( srry not sure excalty what goes in chutneys, my hubbys nan makes them and they are devine, but she just uses what she has)

green tomato chutney is meant to be very nice.

tiff

Ive made them the last 3 Christmases as everyone looks forward to it. This year I did spiced apple chutney as I was given 3 bags of apples on Freecycle. If I cant find something "cheap" I do red onion marmalade, everyone likes it and I usually get the onions from Lidl on offer.

pixiedust09

I can recommend the river cottage preserves book by Pam Corbin and HFW made a great plum and pear chutney for Xmas pressies.:)

Grimbal

May I suggest Nigella's chilli jam? Very few ingredients, simple to make & delicious to eat

nopot2pin

I posted a couple of onion recipes on the preservers thread.

Red onion marmalade and Onion marmalade.

I substituted oil for butter in the second recipe, as I didn't like the way it looked on the red onion marmalade, as it had set within it. I just didn't look very nice, but did not effect the flavour in anyway

Hope this helps

Owl

Thank you all again... got loads cut and paste!!

Preservers year is an amazing thread too.............