Green tomato and chilli chutney

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This Green tomato chutney is a great all round condiment that pairs well with many different meals and snacks. Spread it in sandwiches, serve it with a cheese board and alongside roast meat just to name a few.

Making this easy vegetable chutney recipe is a great way to use up and preserve your green tomatoes to make them last all year long.

Making tomato & chili chutney or relish is a must do in autumn in my household. It's easy to make big batches of and can easily be jarred or frozen to use throughout the year. Homemade chutney with hand-picked tomatoes from my garden is much nicer and healthier than store bought chutney! It's well worth the effort!

In late autumn when my tomatoes have stopped ripening, there is usually a few green tomatoes left on the vine. Don't let them go to waste. There is many delicious things you can make with them.

This recipe for tomato and chilli chutney is one of my favorite condiments to make using green tomatoes. It's versatile and easy to make.

A great all round chutney. It pairs really well with my roast duck recipe and alongside my Bacon and egg Pie amongst many other dishes.

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Ingredients needed

To make this green tomato and chilli chutney, you can use small or large tomatoes, and it doesn’t matter if you mix and match tomato varieties. A few red and orange once are fine too.

How to make chilli tomato chutney

Green tomato and chilli chutney is one of the easiest preserves you can make. Just chop all the ingredients and cook them together for a couple of hours. A great way to use up green tomatoes at the end of the season.

• Cut the tomatoes in large chunks (cherry tomatoes I leave whole).
• Put everything together in a saucepan.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 2-4 hours until it is thickened, dark and jam like.
• Mash it up with a potato masher for a chunky tomato chutney or mix it with the hand blender for a smooth consistency.

This green tomato chilli chutney has a thick, sticky texture, which comes from the tomatoes and onion being cooked long and slow in a mixture of brown sugar, vinegar and spices until the vegetables have broken down and all the moisture has absorbed to a jam like consistency.

Mix and match large and small tomato varieties. A few red or orange once mixed in is fine

Chunky or smooth

This green tomato chutney recipe can be made chunky or smooth. It's a personal preference! Both are great!

To make chunky tomato chutney, I recommend using a potato masher or a whisk and simply just smash the cooked vegetables to your preferred consistency.

For smooth green tomato chili jam consistency, I like to use a stick blender, but a food processor works well too.

Variations and substitutes

• You can substitute part of the green tomatoes with apples, chopped capsicum or bell pepper
• Add more chilli or leave it out depending on your heat preference
• Substitute the tomatoes with courgette and apple
• Substitute the apple cider vinegar with malt or red wine vinegar

Equipment needed

Chopping board

Knife

Sauce pan

potato masher or whisk

hand blender or mixer ( for a smooth chutney )

How to serve green tomato and chilli chutney

I like serving this autumn tomato chutney with:

• Roast meat or pork chops
• as a spread in sandwiches or burgers
• It's excellent on a cheese board
• Perfect with a charcuterie board
• Mix the chutney with mayonnaise and natural yogurt and serve as a dip
• Try it with my sunflower seed crackers or my Fluffy focaccia bread.

Tomato chutney for long storage

Making chutney and relish is a great way to preserve your home grown produce. Read more about preserving and storing food here.

You can either store the chutney in sterilized jars or freeze it in good zip lock bags. Both methods works well and the tomato chili relish will last for a long time. At least one year until it's time to make a new batch.

I leave the jars of chutney in an outside cupboard where it’s dark and cool. I only store them in the fridge once the jar has been opened. 

Related

Looking for other easy preserve recipes like this? Try these:

Apple sauce compote

strawberry tree jam

Pairing

These are my favorite dishes to serve with Green tomato and chilli chutney:

roast duck recipe

Bacon and egg Pie

sunflower seed crackers

Try this chili tomato chutney recipe yourself. I'm sure you love it!