Apples (1 Viewer)

[cephalopod]

I remember back in the mid-nineties there were savage yokes doing the rounds called apples.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

should i put a few yokes in the muslin bag along with the pickling spice?

 

[Squiggle]

Pickling spice update - got it in Down to Earth on South Great George's St.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Squiggle, how serious is the white cloth issue? generally when i need some cloth i turn to my underwear box and rip up one of the tattier boxer shorts but theyre all colouredy ones

also, how many jars would you get out of the recipe above?

 

[Squiggle]

Squiggle, how serious is the white cloth issue? generally when i need some cloth i turn to my underwear box and rip up one of the tattier boxer shorts but theyre all colouredy ones

also, how many jars would you get out of the recipe above?

Well, the cloth is going to be boiled, with the spices in it, so I guess it depends on how colourfast your old boxers are - maybe you should boil them first to sterilise them anyway and you can test for colourfastness then too

I think that makes about 6 normal (pound) sized jars.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i think i might try this then, although i might try to make less than 6 jars on my first attempt.

 

[Squiggle]

i think i might try this then, although i might try to make less than 6 jars on my first attempt.

It may be less, I honestly can't remember, when I last made it, last year, we may have been making double quantities.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

ok - one last question. do you have to leave it in the jar for weeks or months before using it?

edit - its ok, i asked google

 

[Squiggle]

Did you try it Shaney? I made a batch yesterday evening - sooo good. Those quantities make 2 large jars so I guess about 4 or normal sized ones.

 

[dowel]

How do you like dem apples? ---> what type are these and what could they be used for?

Make cider...for everyone!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Did you try it Shaney? I made a batch yesterday evening - sooo good. Those quantities make 2 large jars so I guess about 4 or normal sized ones.

no, i got so sick of eating, talking and thinking about apples and chutney that i decided not to bother. are you using yours straight away?

 

[Squiggle]

no, i got so sick of eating, talking and thinking about apples and chutney that i decided not to bother. are you using yours straight away?

No, going to keep it for a while. But ate some of it last night because there was a bit left over after I filled the jars.

 

[orange pekoe]

Apple Chutney

Ingredients
1 Lb Onions grated or finely chopped
1/2 pint Vinegar
2 Lb peeled, cored and chopped apples
2-4 oz dried fruit (optional)
teaspoon pickling spice (tied in a muslin bag)
teaspoon salt (or less)
teaspoon ground ginger
12 oz sugar

Put onions in a saucepan with 1/8 pint of the vinegar and simmer until almost soft. Add the apples, dried fruit, pickling spice, salt, ground ginger and enough vinegar to prevent burning and simmer until the fruit is soft. Add the remainder of the vinegar and the sugar and stir well. Boil rapidly until thick, remove spice sachet and pour into hot jars.

This post was pointed out to me last week because there was a pile of lovely apples loitering around my kitchen that needed to be used. I made up a batch (with a makey-up spice bag mind) and it's gorgeous. So, um, thanks! (I'd make another batch only i've run out of jars...)

 

[Squiggle]

Cool! It keeps for ages too, even open (as long as you properly sterilised and heated the jars). I just finished off a jar of last years stuff the other day - that had been open in the fridge for about 4 months, still perfect.

 

[orange pekoe]

Nice one. Folks will be getting a jar with their Christmas presents so.

 

[DilbertPart2]

Cool! It keeps for ages too, even open (as long as you properly sterilised and heated the jars). I just finished off a jar of last years stuff the other day - that had been open in the fridge for about 4 months, still perfect.

hmmm...amazing fact. i didn't know!

 

[magicbastarder]

speaking of juicing things, i got one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000GVXJ0Q/?tag=thumpedcom04-21

in town today, in the phillips store on the corner of dame street and georges street, reduced from €70 to €20. they've still a few dozen left, but apparently they're selling fast.

 

[dowel]

Gots to make this damn chutney! it's like a pickled cloud looming scrumptiously, over there.
dried fruit: what's nice?

 

[Squiggle]

Gots to make this damn chutney! it's like a pickled cloud looming scrumptiously, over there.
dried fruit: what's nice?

I usually just throw in a handful of raisins or sultanas. They plump up nicely and don't take over from everything else.

 

[dowel]

thanks squig
for some reason diced peel came into my head, gak.
Sultanas it'll be :0