BBC Good Food

20 September 2009

"Ooops. Forgot to say. We have a plum glut and I've just tried this one. I did cook it for quite a bit longer (about 1 hr 40 mins in total), but it was worth it for the results. It is truly yummy and so say all of my neighbours! It's not possible to buy Bramley apples where we live (in Turkey), so I used grated eating apples. It worked absolutely fine, though the texture might be slightly different, as they don't pulp down in quite the same way."

20 September 2009

"I've found that quite a few chutneys often take longer to reduce than their recipes suggest. I've tried using a wider, flatter pan, which means the chutney reduces in less time. However, it's then in danger of burning on the bottom if you don't watch it like a hawk and I've finally concluded that a longer slower cook with an occasional stir is better in the end. After all, you only have to make it once for an entire winter's worth of yummy chutney, though usually the entire house does end up stinking of vinegar. Oh well, no pain, no gain."