Pear, Lemon and Cardamon Chutney

[Amanda]

Brilliant - I hadn't seen this one, but I've got all the ingredients to hand!

[achookwoman]

 Amanda,  have a go,  it is a bit different.

[snappy]

I've got a batch of this cooking now and it smells divine!  I found a similar recipe in sally wise's book and she uses cloves instead of cardamon - i love cloves so i decided to make it with half cloves, half cardamon.

I'm imagining that this would go great with a griled chicken breast for an easy and tasty dinner

[achookwoman]

Snappy,  let us know how the cloves go.  sounds interesting.

[snappy]

Chookie it smelled so great i don't know how i am going to wait 2 months!

This will sound a little strange but it actually reminded me a lot of Alyce Alexandra's Turkish Tea as i was making it.  Pears (apples), lemons, cloves, brown sugar (honey) etc.  I drink that tea by the litre when I am sick - it is so yummy!  So i can't wait to taste the chutney.

Thanks for the recipe.

[Kayc]

I have just made this today. It smells and taste divine,  Looking forward to trying it in two weeks

[Cornish Cream]

Wow! Chookie this certainly has a kick (well for my taste buds) when I tasted it after it had finished cooking. I made three an a bit jars.I did give it an extra 12 minutes of cooking.

[achookwoman]

CC,  I think it matures a bit at being kept.  Perhaps a smear will be enough.  LOL

[Cornish Cream]

Well Chookie you will pleased to know my chutney did mellow and was a perfect partner with cold turkey in a sandwich.

[achookwoman]

We'll Chookie you will pleased to know my chutney did mellow and was a perfect partner with cold turkey in a sandwich.

Pleased to hear that.  Nice to have something a bit different.  Anything to break the monotony of all that ham. 

[Bootobethin]

I have made four batches of this chutney over the past 18 months.
It is a fantastic chutney especially at this time of year with ham and turkey leftovers.
I highly recommend it.
Thanks for the recipe.

[kpev]

Hmmm so I made this with fresh ginger, but now that I've tasted it (hot from the thermie!) it's got a definate ginger kick!

Sooooo .... what's the difference between fresh ginger, stem ginger, and stem ginger (fresh) ? As it appears that stem ginger is ginger in sugar syrup?

Tastes yummy though - my mum is staying with me and it's a thermie kind of day - beef stock, hommus, this and as soon as I've boiled the water to rinse the jars out (I've already put them through a hot dishwasher) I'll be making quiche, starting with the shortcrust pastry

[cookie1]

A busy day for sure.

[achookwoman]

Kpev,  I use the ginger available from the fruit and veg section at the Supermarket but bottled in syrup or glazed would be fine. 

[Cornish Cream]

My SIL requested more of this wonderful chutney so I made another batch of this today.I ran out of Chilli flakes so used two dried instead which I added at the beginning with the garlic,ginger and lemon rind.