Pear Chutney With Fruit And Nuts
Great addition to your cheese board!
Ingredients
- 2 Pear chopped
- 1 large Orange
- 1/4 Lemon
- 12 Dates chopped
- 1 tbsp Raisins
- 6 Almonds
- 1/2 inch Ginger chopped
- 1/4 tsp Black sesame seeds
- 1/4 tsp Cumin/Jeera
- 1/4 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/2 inch Cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Oil
- 3/4 cup Water
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add some hot water. Add dates and almonds and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Rinse the pears, oranges, and ginger well to remove the dirt.
- Roughly chop the pears into medium sized pieces and set aside.
- Finely chop some ginger. Set it aside.
- Make a fresh juice out of the orange and lemon.
- Heat some oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter. After that, add sesame seeds and ginger.
- Add chopped pears, orange juice, lemon juice, water of soaked dates, salt, chili powder, and cinnamon.
- Cook everything covered on a medium heat until the pear cooks halfway - roughly 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, peel off the skin of soaked almonds and chop them into pieces.
- Chop the soaked dates into small pieces and set aside.
- Once the pears get cooked halfway, add chopped dates, raisins, and almonds.
- Cook them covered on a low heat for about 15 minutes, until the pears become soft and well-cooked.
- You can mash some of the pear pieces if you like.
- Let it cool down completely before serving.
Notes
- You can skip adding almonds for nut free options.
- Add some cranberries instead of raisins.
- Instead of red chili powder, add dry red chili or chili flakes as well.
- Instead of cinnamon sticks, add ground cinnamon.
- Replace white or brown sugar in the recipe instead of raisins and dates. This recipe is good to use for 2.5 weeks if stored in a refrigerator. If you want to store it for longer, you can add ΒΌ cup of white or brown sugar, skip the lemon juice, and add 1 tbsp vinegar.
- If you like your chutney to be smooth then you can slightly mash it with back of a spoon or with a potato masher.