All Entries Tagged With: "Ginger"
Three-Ginger Pear Chutney
This is the second canning workshop organised by Richmond Food Secure. Originally, Karen wanted to do a peach chutney. But, since the Richmond Food Tree Sharing Project collected a lot of pears that week, Karen made a change of recipe to Pear Chutney instead. Karen is very versatile and she often has to decide on what to cook in the Gilmore Park Community Meal at the very last minute depending on what she gets from the food bank, Richmond Food Tree Sharing Project and other donors.
Chutney is a relish made by combining fruits and spices, originally accompanying Indian (south Asian) meals. The Hindi word chatni means ‘to taste’.
Some chutneys use fresh ingredients and are served immediately, while others are cooked, then processed to preserve the fruits for later use. Chutney can be sweet or sour, spicy or not; or combinations of these. Like any relish, the texture can vary from smooth to chunky, depending on the creator. Typical ingredients can include combinations of mango, apple, pears, peaches, plums, herbs, citrus fruits, tomato, raisins, coconut, vinegar(s), honey, sugar, garlic, ginger, cinnamon and chilies. But generally, a chutney makes use of the ingredients which are typically at hand.
For today’s recipe, we got to sample it. Karen brought a jar of her Peach Chutney made last year for us to sample. Chutney can be served beside cheeses and cold meats, or with hot meals. Ginger/pear combinations are particularly delicious with pork or chicken.
The chutney pairs well with the tangy and creamy goat cheese. This is a great appetizer for entertaining.
Ingredients
- 6 cups peeled, cored and diced/sliced fresh pears (about 6-9 medium, or 1.1 kg), preferably half ripe and half not so ripe
- 1 cup tart apple, peeled, cored and diced (about 1 large)
- 1 cup chopped onion (about 1 medium)
- 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger
- 1/2 cup seedless raisins (50-60gm)
- 1 1/4 cups apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup golden brown sugar (160-175gm)
- 1 to 2 whole garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger, peeled (or 1 teaspoon ground dried ginger)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground dried ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
This recipe makes 3 to 4, 250 ml jars.
Pork Liver Soup
This is a small interruption to the Washington DC travel series as Ben is away at Chicago right now. Here is a simple soup recipe which Ben enjoys which I like to share with you.
It’s Pork Liver Soup. I had a lot of this soup during my confinement as it has lots of ginger in it.
Ingredients
- big knob of ginger
- pork liver
- chinese cooking wine
- ground white pepper
- salt to taste
- soy sauce to taste
- sesame oil
Click on the link below for the instructions.
