Green Tomato Chutney - Apples?

[237SJ]

A friend has given me loads of green tomatoes so I`m going to make chutney. Pretty much all of the recipes call for apples to be added. Are apples essential to the recipe (for setting for example) or is it just a matter of taste?

[rockyracoon]

I never used apples in mine, that would be yak.

[rockyracoon]

http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/9/vals-recipe-for-green-tomato-chutney/

I think I used this recipe and left out the sultanas and raisins, bleurgh, it was lovely, most of it got robbed by friends coming over and taking a jar home.

[quizzkid]

Like rockyracoon I have never used Apples in mine. I guess it just depends on the recipe.

[237SJ]

Thanks Rocky. I think I`ll leave out the apples then. I will use sultanas because I`ve bought them now but TBH, I`ll probably give most of it back to the friend who gave me the tomatoes anyway. Might keep one jar to have with cheese at christmas.

[237SJ]

and thanks quizkid (you weren`t there when i started typing)

[atalanta]

Chutney isn't supposed to set like jam.

[pastafreak]

Since I am a devout fan of Nigel Slater,I'd make this recipe. Not an apple in sight. ;-))
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/04/nigel-slater-green-tomato-recipes

[mazie]

I used the same one rocky last year.. Stuck to the recipe and it was lovely... lots of mine got nicked as well rocky xxx

There's a great Christmas chutney I make every year. It's a Jamie Oliver one made from figs and cranberries