Blog # 8

Spiced Peach and Apple Chutney

This chutney makes use of Peaches, which are in plentiful supply at this time of year. It’s a treat to enjoy in sandwiches, with roast meat, hot or cold and with your barbecue. It is also great with a cold meat salad and it is a condiment you can really use throughout the year. We used white vinegar in the mix and this seems to give the finished chutney a bit of a zing in the after taste. The other change we made was blending the whole pot when it finished cooking which made it reasonably smooth but still left the fruit a little chunky, which seemed to add to the flavour.
 
Ingredients:
1.9 kg of Peaches, stoned and chopped into small pieces
2 red onions, peeled & chopped roughly
1 white onion, peeled & chopped roughly
5cm piece ginger, peeled and chopped roughly
4 red gala apples, peeled and chopped roughly
2 red chillies, more or less to taste, chopped roughly
2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 tsp coarsely crushed black peppercorn
2 tsp salt
600ml white vinegar
600g white sugar
200g brown sugar
 
Method:
Put the apples, chillies, ginger and onions into a large pan add the chinese five spice, pepper, salt and vinegar. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally.
Add the peaches and sugar and simmer for a further 10 mins until the peaches soften. Increase the heat and simmer for a further 20 minutes (stirring occasionally to ensure the mixture doesn’t catch) until the mixture thickens. At this point you can leave it chunky or use a stick blender to achieve a smoother consistency. 
 
Put into sterile jars and allow to cool. You can store this chutney for up to a year in a cool dry place, but once it is open, refrigerate it!
 
This recipe was adapted from:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spiced-apricot-chutney

If you would like to buy some Honeysuckle Farm Spiced Peach and Apple Chutney then you can either order through  the website or phone us and we will ensure your product is dispatched to you immediately.