Greengage recipes please

cherubs53

My father in law has given me some greengages and frankly I have no idea what to do with the,he also gave me bags of apples which I can manage but any recipe idea for the greengages, especially something my chidren would eat, would be most appreciated, thank you

floss2

I've not had greengages for years!

You can treat them like plums...if they are more yellowy, they will probably be sweet enough to eat without cooking.
otherwise, crumbel, stewed with custard, or make jam from them

Debt_Free_Chick

Spiced pickled greengages - excellent chutney for cold meats

troll35

Greengages...mmmmmm...my favourite plum. In my house the would get scoffed far too quickly to be able to consider making anything. But if there were lots I would make some greengage jam.

Dustykitten

I have cooked mine with a couple of apples and a few blackberries to make a crumble. My friend (who I got them from) has made jam with hers

Mrs_Bones

After a poor yield last year, this year I'm going to have a glut of Greengages as the tree is covered. Apart from eating fresh and cooking in crumbles what other things could I do with them. Looking for any receipes or ideas please.

Does anyone know if I could use them for chutney?, fast running out of space in the freezer because of the berries and beans.

thriftlady_2

Of course you can use them for chutney They are a kind of plum, just use any plum chutney recipe. I use this one with damsons or plums.

Greengage jam is gorgeous.

You can also make a fruit flavoured spirit in the same way as damson gin. I believe the French do this with reine claudes which are what they call greengages.

Mrs_Bones

Thanks Thriftlady, the receipe sounds nice and I might look into the gin idea as well as I've got a bottle of gin laying idle in the pantry I was wondering what to do with it.

I've got another question now though that is sort of related. I was going to order some jars and lids from Lakeland, got a receipe for Runner Bean Chutney I wanted to try. Problem is they are now out of stock of the lids, so not much point in ordering the jars
I have got a collection of jars I save which have had shop pickles, jams etc in, but even though I've washed them they still have the vinagary smell to them and the lids. Would it be ok to use them for chutney? Also how could I sterilize the lids?

Thanks in advance

thriftlady_2

Oh, they'll be absolutely fine for chutney, you won't notice the vinegar smell when they are full of vinegary chutney;) Don't worry about sterilising the lids. I never do, just make sure they are clean.