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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: titch on August 12, 2009, 19:17

Title: runner bean chutney
Post by: titch on August 12, 2009, 19:17

anyone got a recipe for this??
or can point me in the direction of one?
tried the search on here and it came up with nothing, and i have a bukcet of beans to do something other than freeze with (this is the first haul, the rest will be frozen for the winter, as well as eaten as we go along)
thanks

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: Val H on August 12, 2009, 19:20

Not quite a chutney but try this http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/80/recipe-for-green-bean-pickle/

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: titch on August 12, 2009, 19:54

thanks Val, that looks tasty,

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: Beetroot queen on August 12, 2009, 20:03

I have one but I need to search for it  ::)

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: Beetroot queen on August 12, 2009, 20:03

2lb runner beans (weighed after trimming and slicing)
1 1/2lb chopped onions
1 1/2 pints of malt vinegar
1 1/2oz corn flour
1 heaped tablespoon turmeric
8oz soft brown sugar
1lb demerara sugar
Salt

Put chopped onions into a pan with 10fl oz of the vinegar. Bring them up to simmering point and let them simmer for 20 mins or until soft

Cook the beans in boiling salted water for 5 mins then strain and add to the onions.

In a small bowl mix the corn flour, mustard and turmeric with a little vinegar to form a thick paste (must be smooth) add this paste to the onions and beans. Pour in the rest of the vinegar and simmer everything for 10 mins.

Now stir in both lots of sugar, stir until the dissolved, and watch for sticking. Keep boiling for about 30 may take longer just keep going until it thickens (Mine took nearly double that)

Pot while hot into warm sterile jars. Stand for a month before eating

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: titch on August 12, 2009, 21:38

Thanks BQ, the recipe is pretty much the same as sthe one Val linked for me, hve got it on the go now, but alas ran out of cornflour, so just reducing til a bit thicker!!!
sure it will be delish as the cookng mixture tastes pretty good.

hubby will have to wait a while to taste then  :lol: :lol:

Title: Re: runner bean chutney
Post by: sunshineband on August 12, 2009, 22:55

Here's a variation with coconut which I made somehting simlar to a couple of years ago:

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/runner-bean-and-coconut-chutney-recipe_p_1.html