Christmas chutney

Today I am going to try and make Christmas chutney, because I have a whole array of interesting ingredients left from the Christmas pudding, I didn't have to buy very much in order to make it.

Ingredients

• 450g/1lb onions, peeled and chopped

• 5 tbsp water

• 900g/2lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped

• 700g/1½ pears, peeled, cored and chopped

• 85g/3oz dates, stoned and chopped

• 570ml/1 pint cider vinegar

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp cayenne powder

• 225g/8oz sugar

Preparation method

1. Put the onions and the water in a large heavy-based pan. Bring to the boil and simmer until soft.

1. Add the apples and pears and continue cooking gently for 15-20 minutes. Add the dates, salt, spices and half the vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens.

2. Add the sugar and the rest of the vinegar, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Continue to simmer until the chutney becomes really thick, which in my case has taken around 5 hours!
   

4. When ready, pot and seal in sterilised jars and leave to mature for a week or longer.

Taken from BBC food