Mango Chutney

 

Ingredients:

6 green mangoes

2 tesp salt

3-4 red chillies, roughly chopped or 2 tesp chilli powder

? pint malt vinegar

14 oz sugar

1-1? oz fresh ginger root peeled and chopped

4 oz mixed unsalted nuts and raising roughly chopped

Method:

Peel the mangoes and grate the flesh into a bowl. Sprinkle with 2 tsp of salt and set aside for 30 minutes.

Grind either the chillies or mix the chilli powder with a little of the vinegar to a fine paste. Place the remaining vinegar in a pan, add the sugar and gently simmer, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Squeeze the grated mangoes with the back of a spoon to extract the juice, and discard. Add the mango flesh to the pan and gently simmer for a further 5-6 minutes. Add the ginger and the chilli paste and mix well. Cook for 10-12 minutes.

Taste and add a pinch of salt. Stir in the chopped nuts and raising and cook for 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool Bottle in airtight jars with vinegar-proof tops.