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Rhubarb and date chutney

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Rhubarb and date chutney

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To keep all the lovely texture in this chunky chutney, I add the rhubarb after all the other ingredients have broken down, and it works a treat.
 

Ingredients

  • 500g/1lb 2oz red onions, chopped
  • 50g/2oz fresh root ginger, grated
  • 300ml/1/2pt red wine vinegar
  • 500g/1lb 2oz eating apples, peeled and
  • finely chopped
  • 200g/8oz pitted dates, chopped
  • 100g/4oz dried cranberries or raisins
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 400g/14oz light muscovado sugar
  • 700g/1lb 9oz rhubarb, sliced into 2cm
  • chunks
Preparation: 25 Cook Time: 40 Total Time: 65min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Put the onions in a large pan with the
  2. ginger and vinegar. Bring to the boil, then
  3. simmer for mins. Add the rest of the
  4. ingredients, except the rhubarb, plus tsp
  5. salt to the pan and bring to the boil, stirring.
  6. Simmer, uncovered, for about mins until
  7. the apples are tender.
  8. Stir in the rhubarb and cook, uncovered,
  9. until the chutney is thick and jammy, about
  10. - mins. Leave the chutney to sit for
  11. about - mins, then spoon into warm,
  12. clean jars, and seal. Label the jars when cool.
  13. Keep for at least a month before eating.

 

Source: Mary Cadogan Good Food Magazine

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