Sides, sauces & preserves

Rhubarb chutney

From
Edda

Ingredients

First

  • 500 g rhubarb, in chunks1 lb rhubarb, in chunks
  • 4 red onions, chopped
  • 25 dried apricots, finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp vinegar (5%) (The author's bracketed aside reads '? a little acid, 1 tbsp 14%', probably the idea of using 1 tbsp of stronger (14%) vinegar.)
  • ¾ dl water⅓ cup water

Then

  • 450 g sugar1 lb sugar
  • 5 tbsp fresh ginger, grated ('200 gr.' is written in the margin beside this line, perhaps the amount of root to buy.)
  • 2–3 tbsp curry powder
  • 5 chillies, chopped

Method

First

  1. Cut the rhubarb into chunks and chop the red onions.
  2. Simmer everything together for about 50 minutes.

Then

  1. Add the sugar, grated ginger, curry powder and chopped chillies.
  2. Keep simmering for about half an hour or more, until thick. Stir now and then.
  3. Spoon into clean, hot jars while hot and seal straight away.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Rabbarb. chutney
Edda
500 gr. Rabbarb. — 4 RauðlaukaR 25 þurrk. aprík. smátt skor 4 msk. edik 5% (? smá sýra 1 msk. 14%) 3/4 dl. vatn.
Allt soðið í ca. 50 mín. Bætt við 450 gr sykur 45 msk. Rifin engiferrót 200 gr. 2-3 msk. karrý. — 5 chili soðið áfram í ca 1/2 klst+