Chutney is always a great choice to add some extra flavour to dishes, or to go along with cheese and crackers at Christmas time. Home made chutney can make an ideal home made gift too if you are looking for a personal DIY gift ideas for a foodie family member. Nicely presented in an attractive jar, it’s sure to be gratefully received. If you like fruity tastes why not give this chilli cherry variety a go.
Chilli Cherry Chutney : the festive dip with a kick
Ingredients for the chilli cherry chutney
200g fresh cherries
½ cup sugar
2 to 4 cups Cherry Good Original
1-2 small fresh red chillies (depending on how spicy you can take it!)
2 shallots
1 clove garlic
How to make the chilli cherry chutney
1. Pierce each of your fresh cherries, allowing the flavour to flood out (there is no need to stone them).
2. Place the cherries and sugar into a pan and add the Cherry Good Original to cover by an inch.
3. Place a lid on the pan and cook on a low heat for around 20 – 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Once cooled, sieve the syrup to remove the skins, pulp and stones.
Top tip – use your hands to push as much of the goodness through the sieve as you can. (This cherry syrup is also fantastic on ice cream)
5. De-seed your chillies, putting the seeds to one side.
6. Place them, along with the garlic and shallots, into a blender and blitz until finely minced.
7. Add this to the syrup along with the chilli seeds and mix well.
8. Place your syrup into a sterilised jar and leave it for a month to allow it to mature. Once opened keep it refrigerated.
Top Tip: The chutney makes a gorgeous marinade for chicken, Christmas ham or as an accompaniment to the post-Christmas Day turkey curry.
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You might also like these recipes:
- Cranberry Cheese Parcels
- Turkey Meatballs Recipe
- Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry with Lemongrass
- King Prawn Curry
Recipe / Image: Cherry Good
Cherries on the table: Shutterstock
Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables.
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sounds yummy, I love cherries
This looks AMAZING! Love the pretty color!
Your Chili Cherry Chutney will be fantastic and we will just love it! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week.
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Miz Helen
Congratulations!
Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy your new Red Plate!
Miz Helen
Thanks so much, that’s great! 🙂
This recipes sounds delicious! I wish I knew what Cherry Good Original is! I will do a search to see if we have something like it available here in the U.S.