Apricot chutney with raisins and currants

4 cups

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Dried apricots
10 larges Garlic cloves peeled & coarsely chopped
1 1x3\" piece of fresh ginger peeled & coarsely chopped
1¼ cup Red wine vinegar
2 cups Sugar
¼ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Cayenne pepper (or MORE if desired)
¾ cup Golden raisins
½ cup Currants

Directions

Put the apricots in a bowl. Pour 4 cups of hot water over them and let them soak for an hour.

Put the garlic, and ginger into the container of an electric blender or a food processor along with ¼ cup of the vinegar. Blend until smooth.

Empty the apricots and their soaking liquid into a heavy stainless-steel or porcelain-lined pot. Add the garlic-ginger mixture, the remaining vinegar, sugar, salt, and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Simmer on a medium flame, stirring frequently, for 45 minutes.

Do not let the chutney catch at the bottom of the pot. Lower heat if necessary. Add the raisins and currants and cook, stirring, another half hour or until chutney takes on a thick, glazed look. (It will thicken slightly as it cools.) Let the chutney cool and store, refrigerated, in lidded glass or ceramic jars.

* Source: World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking - by Madhur Jaffrey * Published in: The Herb Companion - February/March 1993 * Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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