How do you use chutneys,...?

[Multiveg]

Silly question perhaps, but what do you use your chutneys and preserves with? I was saying to my mother about making a chutney of stuff for them, and she said they probably wouldn't use it....

[Multiveg]

[Derekthefox]

Just about everything in my case. I am happy to have chutneys, pickles, preserves with any savoury dish, from simple rice with vegetables, to a roast dinner. Last night we had a potato bake with ratatouille. I asked my wife to give me a couple of spoonfuls of my curry sauce as a side dish ... She was horrified, but it was delicious.

Derekthefox :D

[aquilegia]

cheese and chutney sandwiches. Or use instead of things like ketchup or brown sauce.

[busy_lizzie]

I make a curried prawn rissoto, In which I always put a generous couple of tablespoonsfuls of my chutney.  Coronation Chicken is another dish which I always add my chutney to.  It just adds a bit of zest and extra flavour.  But if you are thinking of it cold as an accompaniament, then it has got to be cheese and crackers of course, for meat eaters in my family it is with cold cuts of meat, especialy ham, and it goes very well with any sort of salad.  If you have a jacket potato and melt some cheese on the top, then a spoonful of chutney is lovely melted in with the cheese. If I wrack my brains I am sure I could go on.  I love chutney and  I do think it is very versatile and worth having in your cupboard.  Chutney is so easy to make too, just really bunging (Geordie for putting) all the ingredients in one pan and cooking is so simple. Multi, you need to re-educate your Mum, Chutney is great.  ;D busy_lizzie

[Jessie]

Ploughmans lunch, dip your cheese, spring onions, tomatoes, celery etc in the chutney. And on sandwiches, with cheese, tomato, lettuce.

[Derekthefox]

I love these food posts, I can't stop drooling, and now I am starving !

Derekthefox :D

[aquilegia]

Me too Derek. Shouldn't read them this long since lunch and so far before dinner.

I could eat my apple, though, I suppose!

[Jessie]

Have it sliced with a bit of chutney Aqui!  ;D ;D

[aquilegia]

good idea Daisy. mmmm.

It's a shame I'm at work. And I haven't made my chutney yet! But this thread has inspired me so I've printed out the green tom chutney receipe.

[tim]

And, of course, mustardy, lemony, cucumbery things with fish?

[Palustris]

We use chutney as a substitute for butter or margerine or whatever the other 'spreads' are called these days on bread when making sandwiches. Then as every one says as a 'dip' with any meat or vegetable dish.

[Mrs Ava]

Use it as a marinade.  The fruity ones smeared onto pork chops before putting them in the oven!  The spicy onces dolloped over chicken pieces!!  The plum one drizzled over roast duck for the last 20 mins of cooking!!!

Then, as BL said, when I am cooking a stew or pasta sauce I often put a dollop in to spice things up.  Like Eric, I use them in sangers instead of butter.  Have them with salad instead of mayo.  And if I am having a lump of cheese, there is always a lump of chutters with it!

[tim]

Marinade? - now that's an idea!!

[Doris_Pinks]

Aubergine pickle of course with curry, the rest of them, errr........ actually I sell most of mine at the Macmillan coffee morning to raise money for the charity! :-[  No one but me likes it in the house, though it is great with Lamb burgerey things!  (Actually thinking about it it would be great with homemade burgers ;D
And any type of cheese.  (thinks oh deep fried brie n chutney!)
Good idea on the marinade EJ. I might just be able to get it past their lips that way! ;D

[beejay]

Toast, chutney,ham, cheese, under the grill..................

[daisymay]

spooky - I was going to ask the exact same question tonight. My neighbour gave me a jar of apple chutney the other day and I had no idea what to do with it, it tastes a bit like mincemeat?!? but have lots of ideas now.

All I know is it does not go with turkey steaks and ratatouille!

spread on a pork chop and grilled though - could be interesting .......  :)

[wardy]

Apple etc chutters Indian style like  you'd use mango chutney - only it doesn't have to be mango.  Use it like dip for your chips, crisps, poppadoms etc  :)

[flowerlady]

you could try:-

green tomato  with curry
pear with pate (5*)
apple & mustard seed with pork escallops
apple & mint with lamb chops
spicy red tomato with bangers and mash

use instead of salsa

any kind in toasted cheese sandwiches  ...

oo time for a snack ;D

[wardy]

I think Salsa is the american version of the anglo indian chutney  :)

[Mrs Ava]

So that's where I have been going wrong Wardy.  I have been doing an exotic lively dance, when I should have been chopping spicey veggies and turning them into a dip!