Summer Spice: Thai Green Tomato Chutney
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This end-of-summer chutney combines late-season green tomatoes with sweet ripe plums and has all the tangy, spicy notes of Thai cuisine. Serve with grilled eggplant, cherry peppers, and cilantro.
Simple Switch: Other varieties of plums, such as Italian prune plums, pluots, and green damson plums work nicely in this recipe too.
Reprinted with permission from The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving
Summer Spice: Thai Green Tomato Chutney
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
1.25
hours
Servings
5
1-pint jars
Total time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds red plums
- 1 1/2 pound green tomatoes
- 1 1/3 cups diced onion (1 large onion)
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 large)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 Thai chile peppers
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Directions
- Bring first 7 ingredients to a boil in a 6-qt. (6-L) stainless steel or enameled Dutch oven; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes or until fruit begins to soften. Add chile peppers and salt; simmer, stirring constantly, 25 minutes or until very thick. Stir in cilantro. Remove from heat.
- Ladle hot chutney into a hot jar, leaving 1⁄2 inch (.5 cm) headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe jar rim. Center lid on jar. Apply band, and adjust to fingertip-tight. Place jar in boiling-water canner. Repeat until all jars are filled.
- Process jars 15 minutes, adjusting for altitude. Turn off heat; remove lid and let jars stand 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool.