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Plum Chutney Recipe

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Plum Chutney Recipe

Spiced Plum Chutney

Paul Pod

This delicious spiced plum chutney recipe is a perfect balance of sweet, acidic, spicy, and mellow. Try serving the chutney with rustic country bread and cheese for a light meal or an elegant, yet simple, appetizer.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 4 quarts plums, pitted and chopped
  • 3 cups brown sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup raisins (red or golden)
  • 1 cup chopped yellow or white onion
  • 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups white vinegar
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 6 pint jars and lids

Preparation:

Sterilize the jars and lids. In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring all the ingredients to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the mixture for 15 to 20 minutes, until it is thickened.

Divide the plum chutney among the sterilized jars and process in a boiling -water canner.

This plum chutney recipe makes 6 pints.

User Reviews

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Sorry but the recipe is inaccurate, Member MomToManyKids

Being an experienced canner, I should have trusted my initial instincts when I read through this recipe before attempting it. But I assumed that the author had tried this recipe herself before posting it. When I saw that this took 3 cups of vinegar altogether, I was leery but the general idea of the recipe sounded good so as I said, I went ahead with it anyway. Unfortunately I was correct in the idea that 3 cups was far too much. One cup of vinegar would have been sufficient and would have led to a wonderful finished product. Three cups had me ending up with a finished product that had a vaguely plummy, vaguely sweet, but mostly unbearably vinegary taste. As well as the taste, the amount of liquid also led to a chutney that never cooked down, not even after almost 3 hours of uncovered simmering. I ended up with a very soupy, very tart chutney that while I canned it, I am honestly not sure what I will be doing with it. All I can think of is adding a ton of brown sugar to it, thickening it and using it for maybe a ham glaze. There is no way this can be used as a typical chutney. Ultimately, as much as I had hopes for this, all I can do is ask ""please, please, about.com guide, TEST your recipes before posting."" Thank you.""

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