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Courgette Chutney
Photo: Markus Spiske

Courgette Chutney

15 ingredients Makes 10 jars openrecipes

This lovely pickle is a fantastic way to use various summer veg gluts, and overgrown courgettes are one of my favourites. You can alter the recipe according to what you have, and chop and change the spices to suit your taste, too.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

320
Calories
4g
Protein
2g
Fat
79g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 17 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Cider not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg courgettes, unpeeled if small, peeled if huge, cut into 1cm dice (or use pumpkin later in the season)
  • 1kg red or green tomatoes, scalded, skinned and roughly chopped (or 1kg plums, stoned and chopped)
  • 1kg cooking or eating apples, peeled and diced
  • 500g onions, peeled and diced
  • 500g sultanas or raisins
  • 500g light brown sugar
  • 750ml white-wine or cider vinegar, made up to 1 litre with water
  • 1-3 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp salt
  • For the spice bag
  • 1 thumb-sized nugget of fresh or dried ginger, roughly chopped
  • 12 cloves
  • 12 black peppercorns
  • 1 (generous) tsp coriander seeds
  • A few blades of mace

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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