Green Tomato Chutney
Perfect to maximise your harvest and make it last all year.
Ingredients
- 2½ kg green tomatoes
- 500g onion
- 1 rounded tbsp salt
- 500g sultanas
- 500g cooking apples
- 500g light muscovado sugar
- 1.14l jar spiced pickling vinegar
- STEP 1
Slice the tomatoes (you can skin them if you want, but it’s not necessary). Finely chop the onions. Layer both in a large bowl with the salt. Leave overnight.
- STEP 2
The next day, chop the sultanas using a large, sharp knife, then peel, core and chop the apples. Put the sugar and vinegar into a large pan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the sultanas and apples and simmer for 10 mins. Strain the tomatoes and onions in a colander (but don’t rinse), then tip into the pan and return to the boil.
- STEP 3
Simmer for about 1 hr, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thick and pulpy. Transfer to warmed jars. You can use old jam jars for chutney as long as the inside of the lids are plastic coated, otherwise the vinegar will corrode the metal. Or you can use kilner jars. To sterilise, wash the jars in very hot water and leave to drain. When they are dry, put them in the oven at 160C/140C fan/gas 4 for 10 mins before using.
