Author Topic: A little under ripe (Read 3846 times)

Bert · « **on:** August 20, 2013, 08:09:59 am »

Will apples a little under ripe be OK to make apple chutney with ?
It was a bit windy here yesterday and the heaviest cropping branch snapped off one of our apple trees $:-\$
So I now have a black bucket full of apples and not sure if I can use them.
If you preserving experts come back with a yes

, I will be making apple & mint chutney and a spiced apple chutney. And anything else I can think of (there are a lot of apples)

Suggestion for any other apple recipes welcome

( only have limited number of jars, as spent last two day making two types of marmalade and courgette chutney

)

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2013, 09:02:26 pm »

What a pain. I used to pick some very sharp apples from a couple of trees near us and make apple jelly and apple and mint jelly. It always went down well.

doganjo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2013, 10:09:48 pm »

Yes definitely - and it adds a bit of bite to it too

I did that with the ones that were pulled off my trees last year and thrown around because the thieves couldn't eat them.

Bert · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2013, 07:58:16 am »

Thank you

Apple and mint jelly sound good

.
I can highly recommend apple and mint chutney

it ended up a bit runny but that was me being

as I doubled the amounts but didn't extend the cooking time

( well I assume that's why it was still a bit runny)
So after my apple & mint chutney and apple crumble (5 Lb of apples) I still have 2/3 of the bucket to go

Quote from: doganjo on August 20, 2013, 10:09:48 pm

Yes definitely - and it adds a bit of bite to it too I did that with the ones that were pulled off my trees last year and thrown around because the thieves couldn't eat them.

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Some people are such f******a*******

, what is the point in doing that to your apples,

Off to peel more apples now

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2013, 10:04:00 pm »

Happy peeling.

mwncigirl · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2013, 10:00:39 pm »

Really? Crumble with unripe apples? Don't you get a tummy ache? We haven't got any pigs to feed ours too this year, so I better do something with our windfalls...... Not sure I like the sound of apple and mint chutney, what does it go well with?

bloomer · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2013, 10:02:57 pm »

Quote from: mwncigirl on September 03, 2013, 10:00:39 pm

Not sure I like the sound of apple and mint chutney, what does it go well with?

clearly pork and lamb!!!

mwncigirl · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2013, 10:14:21 pm »

Quote from: bloomer on September 03, 2013, 10:02:57 pm

Quote from: mwncigirl on September 03, 2013, 10:00:39 pm
Not sure I like the sound of apple and mint chutney, what does it go well with?

clearly pork and lamb!!!

Aha!!