Apricot Chutney, Round 2

Posted on by Wild Hope Homestead

You may have heard of the Apricot Chutney Disaster of 2015. If not, never mind. What? Nothing! Look over there, it’s a flying monkey!

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Roughly chopped apricots.

Today The Husband assisted me to make some perfectly sane apricot chutney. I got the apricots for a fairly good price at one of the Asian supermarkets. The recipe is taken from the book Ladies, a Plate: Jams and Preserves by Alexa Johnston. It involves some chopping, pouring and spice bag preparing, then everything goes into a large pot. The next part involves slowly (SLOWLY) simmering everything for at least an hour until the liquid has reduced.

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Finely chopped onions, courtesy of Mr Choppy.
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Spices, ready to go in the spice bag.
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I like recipes that say, “Put everything in the pot”.

We made a bit over 3L of apricot chutney. The recipe said 2L so maybe we could have reduced it further, but it seems good to me (or to The Husband). You’re supposed to let it sit for at least two months to mature, but we decided to use the partially filled one at the front now. Coz we can. And it is tasty! I love it when things are tasty. And when they work…

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Finished apricot chutney! The one at the front is our opened one.
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Nice full jars. These will sit for a couple of months to ‘mature’.

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