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Submitted by Bergy
"Major Grey eat your heart out! If you like chutney you'll love this one. Wonderful with a curry or a ploughman's lunch. Use it on hamburgers. It can be used in so many ways to spruce up your tastebuds."
photo by Bergy 
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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12 Half pint Jars
ingredients
- 1 quart white vinegar
- 6 cups demerara sugar
- 5 lbs peeled cored and chopped apples (weight after peeling)
- 4 ounces fresh grated ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 ounce red chili seeds (in a muslin bag)
- 1 teaspoon cayenne
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 lb dark seedless raisins
- 1 (170 g) bag craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)
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directions
- Heat vinegar and sugar, stirring until the sugar is melted.
- Add apples and remaining ingredients.
- Bring to a boil, cover and lower the heat so it is just simmering. Continue cooking until it is very dark and a nice consistency apprx 3-4 hours
- Remove Chili bag after 30 minutes
- Put in sterilized jars and seal (I use the very small 1/4 pint size jars- this recipe makes 24 This size jar is just the right size for a small dinner party)i
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Reviews
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WOW!! Best Chutney ever!! I have not made this yet but was given a bottle by my friend. It is super delicious and I will be making it this comming fall. Served with our Easter ham, it was the perfect accompanimemt, a wonderfull rich warm taste. The craisins were a great idea, All the flavours, the ginger, the garlic, the caynne and chili all meld together beautifully!!Colonel Grey will certainly be eating his heart out!!! Thanks Bergy, a real keeper.
Derf2440
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I was at a friend's house for dinner tonight and was served Major Grey's Chutney with a curry. I was reminded that I have always thought Major Grey's has a peculiar taste. A week or so ago I saw Bergy's recipe and was anxious to try it. When I first made the chutney it had a very strong vinegar taste even though I used only 3 cups of vinegar instead of 4. Bergy assured me it is a tried and true recipe for her. I added some more fruit and cooked it again the next day, then put it in the fridge to mellow for a week. It seems all it needed was time because now it has an excellent flavor, far better than Major Grey's. I will make it again but will still use the 3 cups of vinegar instead of 4. It just does not need that much vinegar in my opinion. One other thing I would recommend is to chop the ginger instead of grating, unless you have a microplane. Ginger is very fibrous and if you use a box grater the ginger gets stringy. A microplane does a good job, or if you slice the ginger, then cut the slices into julienne, then cut the julienne crosswise into tiny dice it eliminates the strings.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
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On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine. I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help. My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods. I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England! In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging. Here are a few of my photos <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowNetworking="all" allowFullscreen="true" src="http://w615.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w615.photobucket.com/albums/tt233/Bergylicious/ABM slideshow/d95d7a18.pbw" height="360" width="480">
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