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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Thursday, April 26, 2012

CHUTNEY FRUIT MIX, ASHTON STYLE #(116)

     The first time I tried chutney was some 50 years ago at a Saint Paul, Minnesota restaurant.  My first impression was I really enjoyed the flavor.  I think my English side of my heritage was showing itself.  There is something English about the taste. After that it was only very seldom that I had some and the few times I tried it was seeing in a specialty store and always out of a jar.  I decided to try it using the ingredients from the jar and combining it with some other kinds of chutney and some of my own additions.  I hope you will try it and will like it as much as I do! ENJOY

INGREDIENTS:
     6 oz dried pinapple cut in half
     1/2 lb of dried apricots quartered
     4 cloves of garlic (peeled and smashed)
     2 spanish onions peeled, cut in half and sliced thin
     2 tab fresh ginger peeled and chopped
     2 oz of golden raisins
     6 oz of caster sugar (you can put regular sugar in a
     food processer or a mixer and mix the sugar for about
     1/4 cup virgin olive oil
     3 to 4 minutes
     1 tab freshly ground nutmeg
     1 tsp kosher salt
     1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
     1 cinnamon stick broken in half
DIRECTIONS:
     1. heat 1/4 cup of virgin olive oil
         over a moderate flame.
     2. add the onions and saute about
         10 minutes until the onions are
         translucent
     3. add the smashed garlic and ginger
         and saute an additional 5 or 6 minutes
     4. add the pineapple, apriots, and raisins
         and continue stiring
     5. add sugar, white vinegar, spices and salt
         and pepper
     6. simmer about 1/2 an hour constantly stiring
     7. mix and pour into pint jars; (add a half stick
         of cinnamon to each jar before water bath

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