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Last Updated on August 28, 2024 by Megan Jones
This Easy Green Tomato chutney recipe is a great way of using up a glut of unripe tomatoes, at the end of the tomato season, making them last all year round. A combination of green tomatoes, apples, onions, dried fruit and spices makes for a very delicious green tomato chutney. Perfect for adding a zing to sandwiches, a hot dog or burger or dolloping onto bread and crackers with cheese, this is one , versatile condiment - best served at room temperature.
If you grow your own tomatoes, you know what it’s like to have a mountain of excess tomatoes at the end of summer. Or having to cut them un ripe off your tomato plants before they get blight due to wet summers.
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Ingredients you will need:
- Green tomatoes: roughly chopped so all pieces are approximately the same size
- Cooking apples: peeled, cored and chopped to the same size as the tomatoes.
- Red Wine Vinegar.
- White onions: diced to the same size as apples and tomatoes to make the chutney uniform in size.
- Sugar: this can be swapped for light brown sugar, which will lead to an even more 'caramelly' chutney
- Raisins: roughly chopped to ensure even distribution in the chutney mix. You can use golden raisins here if you prefer!
- Fresh Ginger: for a fresh fiery kick.
- Fresh Red Chilli: remove the seeds and membrane to reduce the heat. Can also be swapped for Green chilies to continue the green theme! If you have no fresh Chillies to hand, swap for 1-2 teaspoon of red chili flakes. Feel free to omit if you do not like chilli.
- Garlic cloves: to create lovely base flavours.
- Yellow Mustard Seeds: for little pops of flavour throughout the chutney.
- Salt: to remove any excess water from the onion and tomatoe
Green tomato chutney - Step by Step photos
(Full written instructions in recipe card)
Chutney Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Kilner 250 ml preserve jars are perfect for storing jars of green tomato chutney in small batch portions to prevent food waste.
- To sterilise your jars: heat the oven to 100°C / 212°F / Gas ¼. Wash the jars and lids in hot soapy water, rinse clean and put the jars to dry in the warmed oven. Turn off the oven and leave the jars in until ready to decant your chutney. Put the lids (and any rubber seals) in a water bath of boiling water for 2 minutes.
- You can use old jam jars for chutney as long as the inside of the lids are plastic coated, otherwise the vinegar will corrode the metal.
Storage tips for Easy Green Tomato chutney:
- The chutney needs one month to mature in the jar but will keep well for up to 4 months in a cool, dark place once sealed.
- 900 grams tomatoes green
- 500 grams apples cooking
- 500 millilitres Red Wine Vinegar *
- 250 grams sugar
- 100 grams raisins
- 2 medium onions white / yellow
- 35 grams ginger fresh
- 35 grams garlic
- 1 medium red chilli
- 2 Teaspoons mustard seeds. yellow
- 2 Teaspoons salt Flakey
- Prep the onions and tomatoes and salt: Chop the tomatoes, onions into similar size chunks add to a mixing bowl and sprinkle over the salt and mix, leave in a bowl or colander to draw out the excess moisture whilst you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Prep the remaining ingredients: Measure out the vinegar, sugar & mustard seeds. Roughly chop the raisins, set to one side. Peel and mince the garlic & ginger - add to a small bowl for use later. De-seed and remove the membrane from the red chilli, then finely dice, add to the bowl with the garlic and ginger.
- Boil the Vinegar: Add the vinegar and sugar to a large pan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Once sugar has dissolved, reduce heat to a simmer.
- Prep the apples: Peel, core and dice the cooking apples.
- Make the Chutney 'base': Add the sultanas, mustard seeds and apples to the vinegar mixture. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli to the apple mixture and simmer for 10 mins
- Add the tomatoes and onions to the Chutney base: Strain the tomatoes and onions in a colander (but don’t rinse), then tip into the pan and return to the boil.
- Cook the chutney until thickened: Reduce mixture to a simmer, cook for about 1 hr, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thick and pulpy. After about 1 hour, all of the vinegar should be absorbed by the ingredients and the chutney should have become a thick, soft, semi-syrupy consistency, it should be thick enough to leave a clear trail across the bottom on the pan when a wooden spoon is drawn across it. (The chutney will continue to thicken as it cools.)
- Decant into jars: Transfer to warm sterilised jars (see tips, below) and cover with lids & seal.
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Easy Green Tomato chutney recipe
This chutney recipe is a great way of using up a glut of green garden tomatoes, making them last all year round.
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* This can be subbed for Malt or white wine vinegar - but it will affect the end taste - you may need to increase the sugar as it may be a bit sharper tasting.
Kilner 250ml preserve jars are perfect for storing the chutney in smaller portions to prevent food waste.
To sterilise your jars:
Heat the oven to 120°C/100°C fan/gas ½. Wash the jars and lids in hot soapy water, rinse clean and put the jars to dry in the warmed oven. Turn off the oven and leave the jars in until ready to decant your chutney. Put the lids (and any rubber seals) in a pan of boiling water for 2 minutes. You can use old jam jars for chutney as long as the inside of the lids are plastic coated, otherwise the vinegar will corrode the metal.Nutrition
Serving: 60gramsCalories: 2038kcalCarbohydrates: 488gProtein: 23gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 4868mgPotassium: 4195mgFiber: 35gSugar: 351gVitamin A: 6486IUVitamin C: 336mgCalcium: 353mgIron: 13mg
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