Morning friends. You’ll be happy to know I’m sure, that I have decided to embrace the changing of the seasons in a positive manner; and focus on all the lovely things this time of year has to offer. Namely chutney making! I’ve tried my hand at it before when we’ve had gluts of tomatoes. The chutney was pretty successful but I managed to demolish two of our best pans in the process. Well, as luck would have it, I managed to bag myself a proper jam making pan (large, deep, aluminium, 2 handles) on Freecycle the other week. I was beyond excited at the prospects of making some more chutney…and try my hand at jam..then it dawned on me. We’d already eaten all our homegrown tomatoes and all the fruit trees in our local area had long been plundered by birds and passers by alike…so what was I going to make it with? It was only when I was looking for ideas for what to do with this marrow (now now!! It’s a beast isn’t it? It was a gift from the staff at Elliott’s pre-school for helping to dig out and plant the new garden area during the holidays) that I stumbled upon this site and put two and two together. I can only imagine what this is going to taste like after some maturing, because let me tell you, straight from the pan, this stuff is seriously DELICIOUS!
I combined two of the recipes I found on the site (apparently you can make chutney out of pretty much anything!) and came out with this:
- 3 lb (1.4 kg) marrow flesh
- Salt
- 4 small apples
- ½ lb (225 g) sultanas (optional)
- 1 pint (570 ml) vinegarÂ
- 2 medium onions
- 8 oz brown sugar
- 3 tsp lazy(!) ginger
- 2 tsp powdered paprika
- 2tsp powdered turmeric
- 1 tsp lazy(!) chillies
6 whole cloves
- Peel and cut the marrow into quarter inch cubes, removing all the seeds. Layer with salt in a bowl. Then mix well.
There’s loads!
Transfer to a colander placed over a bowl. Place a plate/pan lid or similar on top and weight down. Leave overnight.
