I mentioned in my review of Klein Jan that there were not a lot of food photographs in the book. And that some pages had plenty of recipes on them. Under preserves, page 89 has four recipes, one being this spicy tomato chutney, as I have called it here. And, the photograph on the opposite page is of a plate of pickled onions and some garlic.
Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Spicy Tomato Chutney ♥
Hostess gifts
The first time we are invited to friends for dinner I always take a hostess gift with me. This would usually be chocolates or a plant, and sometimes a bottle of wine. As the friendships evolve, this habit changes. With some friends we exchange bottles of wine, port or bubbles. And with others I will take with what we want to drink that evening, as well as dessert. We used to have a regular dinner date with a friend and I would always take a salad with us. To him, that was the best thing I could do. When I made this batch of spicy tomato chutney I had enough to fill two and a half jars. I decided that I would take one to friends for a hostess gift. We were having venison for supper, and it paired really well with our meal.
Making tomato chutney again and again
This is the fifth time I have made tomato chutney and shared a recipe on my blog. The funny thing is that when we ran out of chutney I never turned to my blog for a recipe. This is because I try and make new recipe to share. And not repeat old ones I have posted already. I adapted Jan Hendrik’s recipe and in place of yellow tomatoes, I used a punnet of exotic tomatoes. I mentioned before that the tomatoes I have been buying from Woolworths have been underweight. It was no surprise that these too weighed less than they should have. I chose these tomatoes as they are a mix not only of different coloured tomatoes but also a variety of sweet, tangy and savoury ones. This added to the amazing flavour of my spicy tomato chutney.
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Spicy Tomato Chutney
Ingredients
- 600 g small exitic tomatoes, quartered
- 400 g roma tomatoes, trimmed and diced
- 300 g fructose
- 190 mls red wine vinegar
- 2 red onions, peeled and diced
- 1 red serenade chilli, trimmed and chopped
Method
- Place the tomatoes, fructose, vinegar, onions and chill into a sauté pan
- Place the pan over a medium to high temperature and stir until the fructose dissolves
- Bring to the boil, reduce the temperature and leave to simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally
- When thickened, remove from the heat and place into sterilized glass jars
- Seal and refrigerate and use as needed
Notes
See the links below for blog posts I published on November 6:
- 2022: Blowback
- 2020: Asian Chicken Noodle Soup
- 2019: October 2019 Showcasing In My Kitchen
- 2017: Melanzane Parmigiana
- 2014: Labneh
- 2013: Warwick Wine Estate
- 2010: Food Quiz Number 39 For A Friday
Always have a jar of this in the fridge
That is fantastic 🙂
This is so me too. I always like to try the new recipes, so whenever I need something, I usually search the internet first or cookbooks :-)) Your tomato chutney sounds fantastic.
We are so alike!
nothing better than a homemade condiment 🙂 I like to make tomato relish, with whatever variety of tomato i can get. Must make some soon as summer is almost here.
sherry
I am growing some heirloom tomatoes this year and hopefully the crop will be in abundance 🙂
Delicious! This sounds like it would go with everything!
It did!
Looks good with chicken curry. I too make tomato chutneys different ways.
It is the easiest one to make 😉
Such a vibrant and flavour-packed recipe! The spicy tomato chutney looks fantastic – I can already imagine how it would elevate so many dishes.
I have one bottle left, which we used some of this weekend to make cheese toasties 🙂
This chutney sounds very good, Tandy. Your comment about the weight of the tomatoes is bad, especially seeing as WW is expensive anyway.
It happens often!!
I love chutneys of all kinds, they add so much flavor to many meals.
they really do 🙂