Courgette & tomato chutney

Chutney recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 45 mins; recipe has cider vinegar, brown sugar, mixed spice, mustard seed, cinnamon stick, onion, courgette, tomato, apple and sultana.

Courgette & tomato chutney

Courgette & tomato chutney

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Chutney
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Onion: 4 onions, chopped
  • Tomato: 1kg tomatoes, chopped
  • Courgette: 1kg courgettes, diced
  • Cider Vinegar: 500ml cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
  • Brown Sugar: 400g brown sugar (any brown sugar will work)
  • Apple: 4 eating apples, peeled and diced
  • Sultana: 300g sultana
  • Mustard Seed: 2 tbsp yellow mustard seed
  • Mixed Spice: 1 tbsp mixed spice
  • Cinnamon Stick: 1 cinnamon stick

Directions

  1. Put the vinegar, 300ml water, sugar and spices in a very large pan. Heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves then add the rest of the ingredients with a tsp of salt.
  2. Bring back to a simmer then simmer uncovered for 2 1/2 hours until darkened, thick and chutney-like.
  3. To sterilise the jars, wash thoroughly in very hot soapy water. Rinse in very hot water then put on a baking sheet in a 140C/fan 120C/gas 1 oven until completely dry.
  4. Pour the chutney into the sterilised jars while still hot, seal and leave in a cool dark place for at least 3 weeks before opening.