Chutney & Pickle 2007

[prink13]

This year so far has been a good year for my beetroot, got soooooo much that I don't know what to do with it all!!

[lorna]

Wow Kathi. My beet is only marble size not that I would be capable of making chutney. That looks great.
Lorna.

[Celtic_Growers]

one pick and one batch of spicy runner bean chutney made, I add 2tbsp of black treacle and 2 tbsp of mascovado suger as well.



wait for 2 months and yum yum

[prink13]

yummy!!!

[Hot_Potato]

like those labels & tops Prink - are they from Lakeland?

I've now managed to make roughly another 5lbs. of rhubarb chutney (E.J's recipe) making a total now of about 12lbs. I just love it and so do my family

also love runner bean chutney but not grown runners this year so no chutney

here's a pic of rhubarb chutney made day before yesterday - sorry about pie in front of pic - just something I decided to 'knock up' ready for my tea - couldn't crop it out as would have lost bottom of all the jars!...it's mincemeat & apple btw in a flaky pastry

[prink13]

Hot Potato, jar tops are from Lakeland, and I bought a circle cutter for crafting, so as to cut my own this year.

Love the sound of rhubarb chutney, and that pie looks delicious, what time are we sitting down to eat it???

[Hot_Potato]

oh Prink!..............you're too late, so sorry - I've eaten it


will give you a shout next time I make one tho

the rhubarb chutney is somewhere over on the 'recipes4All' site I think and comes from E.J. - can really recommend it!.....I seem to eat it with (almost) anything - it's scrumptious!

[theothermarg]

just been printing off some chutney recipes valmarg and biscombe have put beetroot ones on there
marg

[Sparkly]

one pick and one batch of spicy runner bean chutney made, I add 2tbsp of black treacle and 2 tbsp of mascovado suger as well.



wait for 2 months and yum yum

wow, that sounds great, any chance of the recipe?

[silverbirch]

Yep, I'd be interested in the chutney recipe as well.

[Pumper]

Runner bean chutney recipe:

This Is What You Need

2 lb. (900g) runner beans. sliced
2 lb. (900g) Demerara sugar
1 ½ pints vinegar
1 ½ lb (675g) onions, peeled and chopped
1 ½ tablespoons of cornflour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon dry mustard

This Is What You Do

Cook the beans in salted water till just soft.
Cook the onions in half a pint of vinegar until just soft.
Place the beans, onions and sugar in a pan together with the remaining vinegar and boil for 15 minutes.
Mix the mustard, turmeric, salt and cornflour with a small amount of cold water and add to the pan.
Bring to the boil and cook for a further 15 minutes.
Allow to cool before bottling.

I'm going to be doing mine this evening and will let you know the verdict.

[sarah]

i do mine same way except i cook up the onions with the beans.