EASY GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY RECIPE

Easy Green Tomato Chutney recipe image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 Kg Green Tomatoes (2.2 lbs or about 6 cups / skinning is optional)
1 Kg Red Onions (2.2 lbs or about 6 cups)
150 g Raisins (5.2 oz or about 1 cup)
3 Garlic cloves
1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp Black pepper
2 tsp Sea salt
500 g Brown sugar (2½ cups)
1 Litre Malt Vinegar (32 fl oz or about 4¼ cups)

Steps:

Prepare the vegetables. Chop the tomatoes, onions, and raisins roughly and mince the garlic.
Place all ingredients into a stainless steel pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and then simmer uncovered for an hour. Keep an eye on it and stir occasionally.
The chutney will turn brown and will have reduced down within that hour's cooking time. It will smell great too.
Spoon the chutney into warm, sterilized jars and seal with lids. It's common in the UK to reuse supermarket jars for this preserve and to simply finish with this step. However, it's better to use proper preserving jars and to water-bath the jars after they're filled*.
Water-bath the jars to ensure that they're fully sterilized. Fill a tall pan with water and place either a rack at the bottom. Bring to a boil then lower your jars in so that they're not touching and that there's at least an inch of water above. Bring back to a rolling boil and leave the jars in the boiling water for five minutes. Lift them out vertically (not tilted) with a jar lifter and set them on the counter to cool. The lids will seal as the chutney cools - you'll hear a pop as the seal closes. It may take twelve or more hours for the seal to take.
Label the jars when cool and store in a dark cupboard. Refrigerate the jars once opened and try to use it within a year.