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English Chutney Sauce

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 10 ingredients

  1. one-half pound of raisins
  2. one dozen ripe tomatoes
  3. one and one-half quarts of vinegar
  4. one ounce of white mustard seed
  5. One-half pound of fig-s
  6. Red peppers
  7. one pound of granulated sug-ar
  8. one pound of apples
  9. Salt
  10. six small onions
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Raisin High in potassium · High in copper · Source of iron

    High in potassium · 825 mg per 100 g, 41% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
    • Potassium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.

    Potassium is a mineral found in many foods. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission. NIH fact sheet

    High in copper · 0.3 mg per 100 g, 30% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
    • Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
    • Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet

    Source of iron · 2.6 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Iron contributes to normal cognitive function.
    • Iron contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Iron contributes to normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin.
    4 more authorised claims
    • Iron contributes to normal oxygen transport in the body.
    • Iron contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Iron contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Iron has a role in the process of cell division.

    Iron is a mineral that the body needs for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body, and myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Raisins, seeded”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. One-half pound of fig-s;
  2. one-half pound of raisins;
  3. one pound of apples;
  4. one dozen ripe tomatoes (the canned fruit may be used);
  5. two red peppers;
  6. one-fourth cup of mint leaves (fresh or dried) ;
  7. six small onions;
  8. one ounce of white mustard seed;
  9. one and one-half quarts of vinegar, boiled and cooled (do not have too strong-;
  10. ;
  11. one pound of granulated sug-ar.
  12. This requires no cooking-.
  13. Put everything- through the meat-grinder.
  14. Heat the salt and the sug-ar with the vineg-ar, and let cool before pouring- over the rest of the ingredients.
  15. Pour all into a crock or jar, and let stand ten days, stirring- each day — then it can be bottled.
  16. Fine with meats.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon