Dried apricot chutney Image by remcoosculiflowers from Pixabay
Dried apricot chutney Image by remcoosculiflowers from Pixabay
Did you enjoy watching grandma making jams and preserves? Did you learn how to make these sweet and delicious preserves yourself and want some more recipes combinations? A dried apricot chutney is what you need to make this weekend. It’s a spicy and sweet preserve that’s perfect with cheese and biscuits or even in a curry. If you follow a vegan or vegetarian choice of food, this recipe is for you too.
Dried apricot chutney suggestions
This spicy chutney has a few chilies but you can adjust as you want to, however, the chilies help lift the different flavours in the preserve. As with other preserves, they are great with starter snacks with cheese and salted crackers. If you’re making original South African bobotie, this spicy chutney would be a great substitute for the apricot jam usually added to the dish.
Do you love making your own chutney or want something to go with curries as well as cheesy crackers? Our dried apricot chutney is the way to go.
Dried apricot chutney recipe
Course: SidesCuisine: South AfricanDifficulty: EasyPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
1
hourTotal time
1
hour20
minutesIngredients
500 g 500 dried apricots
500 g 500 sultanas
4 large 4 onions
12 12 red chilies
1 litre 1 high-quality vinegar
500 g 500 sugar
¼ cup ¼ salt
Method
- Put apricots, chilies, sultanas and onions through a mincer.
- Add vinergar, sugar and salt
- Bring ingredients to a boil and simmer for 1 hour. Stir well every few minutes.
- When cooled, bottle and seal in mason jars.
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