Caramelised Red Onion Chutney Recipe Recipe

Submitted by Tisme

"This one is a really lovely chutney.Use it on or in quiches, pizzas, plain biscuits, sandwiches or just with a cheese platter, I am sure you will love it.I do keep this in the fridge, and it never lasts long, so I am not sure as to its time of keeping, but would say at least 5-6 months."

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photo by JustJanS

Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 4-6 jars

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ingredients

8 red onions
1 red chili, de-seeded
2 bay leaves
25 ml olive oil
200 g brown sugar
2 teaspoons mustard seeds
150 ml balsamic vinegar
150 ml red wine vinegar

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directions

Cut the onions and chilli into thin slices, then cut onion slices in half again and put them into a pan with bay leaves, chilli and oil. Cook gently over a low heat for about 20 minutes.
When the onions are dark and sticky, add the sugar, the vinegars and mustard seeds, simmer for about 30 minutes, until the chutney is thick and dark. (Stirring at intervals so the chutney does not stick to the pan).
Pour the chutney into hot, sterilised jars seal and let chutney cool.
You must have a taste but really (before you eat it) this should left for a month or maybe even more for the flavours to blend and mature. .

Questions & Replies

Are you able to do canning with this recipe?

pm0hxw
Jar sizes that can be filled for the 4 suggested in the recipe?Thanks :)
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Min l.
What weight of red onions is used here ?

Anne H.

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Reviews

This is so good. I doubled the recipe and got 5 jars which we gave 3 away as Xmas pressies but now we have none left for ourselves. Need to make some more very soon especially as the last batch didn't even sit for a week. Dave reckons it's the best on toast with a slice of cheese.

Jewelies
Tis, if this chutney is going to improve sitting for a month, it'll be a 10 star recipe! It was super yummy just licking the spoon and scraping the pan. I sliced my onions on a mandolin and they seemed to release a lot of moisture and take for ever (well over an hour) to reach "sticky" in step 1. They hadn't got particularly brown, but had cooked away so much I decided to just go on with the recipe. It seems to have worked wonderfully, but I only got 2 1/3 El Paso Salsa jars worth. Red onions are on sale at our local supermarket this week, so I'm going to make more later in the week as I know I'll kick myself if I don't.

JustJanS
An excellent chutney that is perfect for many uses -- especially cheese platters and pizzas. I mis-read the ingredients and used red wine instead of red wine vinegar (oops -- guess it's time for new glasses), but the end result is delicious. Next time, I'll have to try the other option. Thanks so much for posting.

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Leggy Peggy
A beautiful sweet chutney,very sticky and tasty. One problem however in that I bought a 1kg bag (containing around 10 small/medium onions) worth or red onions and this only filled one jam sized jar. Could you advise on what size jars this is meant to be filling to get the 4 jars suggested. Thank you

Min l.
I started with 5 large red onions and only ended up with 2 jars. The final product had a great taste but very dark in colour, but I only had Muscovado sugar. The recipe will take more onions , so next time I will use 8 large ones.

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Tweaks

Used a Scotch Bonnet

Tom M.
An excellent chutney that is perfect for many uses -- especially cheese platters and pizzas. I mis-read the ingredients and used red wine instead of red wine vinegar (oops -- guess it's time for new glasses), but the end result is delicious. Next time, I'll have to try the other option. Thanks so much for posting.

Leggy Peggy