How long do you leave it in the jars to mature?.

Like others, 2 1/2 hours to make. I've filled steralised jars, but I had a bit left over after all the jars were full. I put it in a bowl and covered it with cling fim in the fridge. Does anyone know how long this will last for?

Made double the quantities as in the recipe as we had a lot of Bramleys to use up. It seemed like a lot of sugar but decided to stick to the basic recipe to start with as have just made chutney for thr first time this week. Like others who have left a comment it took much longer to thicken. I left it simmering for nearly 2 hours and it could even be left for longer. I have yet to taste it and will post about that when I do.

Don't know if this will help but my Apple Chutney recipe says it has a shelf life of one year but it doesn't say how long it will last once opened... in my experience it's not in the fridge for very long anyway :)

Smelled great, got rid of some cooking apples, and my husband loved it! I'll be making it again come Christmas.

Very nice chutney - just as nice if not nicer than brought stuff. I ran out of cider vinagar 1/2 way through so topped it up with malt vinigar, and it tasted absolutely fine. It soes however, take quite a long time to make so allow at least an hour and a half.

This was great chutney. I made it about 6 months ago and the sealed jars still seem to be fine. This is also really good with hummus!

Wonderful. Easy to make and easy to eat. Transforms sandwiches. Made six big jars which have been eaten already.
Never made chutney before but will definately be making this again. Great with cheese and biscuits too.

i agree with some of the other comments and cut the sugar right down to 450g also used sultanas as we prefer them but only 250g and upped the onions and mustard seeds, didn't have ginger so used mixed spice and cinnamon bark which made it lovely n christmassy. very impressed with how easy to make.

I have made this as a Christmas gift (pus a jar for tasting!) I substituted dried cranberries for the raisins as a seasonal twist, it is lovely, and was very easy to make. Will certainly do this again.

Further to the other comments, I let it simmer for a good 2/2.5 hours before it was thick enough to use.

Gorgeous recipe, very easy to make and the house smelt delicious for days afterwards, who needs room scenters when you can make chutney? The recipe made four large jars of chutney, which are going as Xmas prezzies for friends and family.

Used distilled vinegar rather than cider vinegar, as making double batch and would have worked out rather expensive! Looking and smelling good. Hoping to decorate jars and wrap in cellophane along with other jams/chutneys as additional christmas presents!

Very very easy to make. Am so glad I read the comments first.

I made half the quantity of chutney and used:-

Ingredients

750g cooking apples , peeled and diced (after peeling weight!)
300g light muscovado sugar
250g raisins and sultana's mixed
1 medium onions , finely chopped
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp salt
300ml cider vinegar

It didn't really reach desired consistency until it had simmer for 1hr 20 mins but tastes wonderful!

It made 1.25 litres in total.

Will definitely be making this one again!

This is delicious! How long will it keep? I halved the receipe and still have loads.

I'm going to try soaking the raisins in old english cider and see how that will taste as I have had something similar...then will label the jars as Apple and English Cider Chutney...mmm sounds good already... ;-)

I made this with eating apples from the garden that were too bitter to eat. I used 3kg (1.5kg once peeled and cored) which made 14 x 1lb jars!

Others have said that it was still runny after 40 mins. I 'pounded' mine after 40 mins with potato pounder (could use rolling pin instead) and it got thick after another 2 minutes.

It wasn't until I came to add the ground ginger that I realised we had run out! So I ended up adding some fenugreek, cardamon pods and ground cumin instead. Result = DELICIOUS! It did take alot longer than the recipe stated to boil down but that is fine and I have to say I thought 30/40 mins was rather optimistic.

I also had some timing issues like those mentioned in other posts. From start to finish it took me 2 hours 45 minutes. I would really like to meet the person who can peel, core and dice 1.5 kg of cooking apples in 20-25 minutes! That said, the finished product was absolutely beautiful while still warm with a little ham on toast. I followed the quantities stated in the recipe and it made 12 x 8oz jars and 2 x 375ml Kilner jars (about 3L in all).

This was the first time that I had made chutney and the results were fantastic. Look forward to trying some other chutney recipes now