Plum Chutney ~ Angela's recipe

We love it when customers share their recipes with us. This one is from Angela who bought the plums from us when they were still in season. She froze some and actually made her chutney with the frozen plums, Angela says it will be ready to eat with the cold cuts on Boxing Day.

Angela's Plum Chutney for Boxing Day

Ingredients (Makes about 4 jars of plum chutney)

675 grams of stoned and chopped plums
450 grams of chopped onions
225 grams of peeled and chopped apples
300 ml of vinegar
115 grams of sultanas
175 grams of sugar
1 chopped chilli (more or less to your own taste)
1 teaspoon of ginger

Method

Put all the ingredients into a heavy bottomed saucepan, or preserving pan if you have one, bring to the boil, then simmer for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. When the mixture has thickened it's ready for prepared jars.


Image:By Alois Lunzer (Brown Brothers Continental Nurseries Catalog 1909) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Victorias

Need we say more?

£2.50 a kilo punnet

£6.00 a 3.2 kilo chip (7lbs)

Plum Time

Hello, we've been so busy here that this blog has been somewhat neglected, forgot to tell you that the plum season has started. We have Tzars, Opals and Golden Gages at the moment. Of course what everyone is waiting for is the Victoria, we'll keep you updated on when picking is about to start.

The Orchard Today 7th April

Our plum trees are a mass of white blossom

The apple trees a mass of green, but upon closer inspection, nestled in those little green leaves are

blossom buds.

If this warm spell continues it won't be long before the whole orchard is a froth of blossom.

In the Orchard - Plum Blossom

Our plum trees are a mass of blossom at the moment, beautiful but fleeting. A windy day may well send all the petals fluttering to the ground where they will lay like snow. But not before the fruit is set, we can look forward to a delcious harvest of plums in just a few short weeks.