I am so excited to show you this video of Jenny from Nourished Kitchen making fruit chutney. It is from her awesome class, Get Cultured! How to Ferment Anything. The class is on sale right now through May 22. If you want to start to introduce cultured foods to your family, the most economical way is to make them yourself. Jenny makes it very easy to learn with over 50 video tutorials and over 100 recipes. You won’t have any doubts if you take this class.
Probiotic Apple, Carrot and Raisin Chutney
Ingredients
• 5 to 6 apples, peeled and chopped
• 5 to 6 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 2-inch knob ginger, peeled and minced
• 1 cup raisins
• starter culture (where to buy culture starter)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (where to buy organic spices)
• dash allspice
Equipment
• Mixing bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Sieve or strainer
• Food processor (where to buy a food processor)
• Mason jar
Method
1. Process apples, carrots and ginger in a food processor or by hand until finely minced.
2. Transfer apples, carrots and ginger to a mixing bowl and stir in starter culture, raisins, cinnamon and allspice.
3. Spoon chutney mixture into a mason jar or vegetable fermenter and mash down with each layer so that the fruit and vegetables release their juices to form a liquid medium in which beneficial bacteria can proliferate.
4. Continue pressing the chutney mixture down with a wooden spoon or dowel until the liquid covers the vegetable and fruit solids. If it does not, spoon additional starter culture over the vegetable and fruit chutney until it does, leaving at least one-inch headspace in your jar.
5. Cover and allow it to ferment for two to three days at room temperature. Transfer to cold storage. The chutney should keep, refrigerated, for six to eight weeks.
Options for starter:
Kefir Starter Culture can be used, dissolve 1/2 package into 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons warm water.
Fresh whey can be used as a starter for this recipe. Use 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons.
Difficulty: easy
Yield: 1 qt
Time: 5 minutes (active), 2 to 3 days (fermentation)
Keep your family healthy
The best way to reinoculate ourselves with beneficial bacteria is to eat cultured foods. Learn how to culture anything! From the most common yogurt to more esoteric brining of vegetables, salsa, chutneys and condiments — most foods can be fermented — their shelf live lengthened without chemical preservatives, and most importantly, the beneficial bacteria is created.
By eating cultured foods on a daily basis you are building up the colonies of good bacteria that do so much for us and you are protecting yourself from the pathogens created by our dangerous food supply.
Register for Get Cultured! How to Culture Anything
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- Original price:
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The Webinar will be held Friday May 18 at 1:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Join traditional foods and fermentation educator Jenny McGruther of NourishedKitchen.com for an in-depth webinar covering safe, effective and practical tips for fermentation. Participants will learn how to choose fermentation equipment for all budgets, how to ensure ferments are safe, how to minimize contamination from stray microbes, as well as learn how ferments can be integrated into daily meals.
The Webinar has limited spots so don’t wait to register for that. You will get a good idea about what the class is like from the webinar.
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If you do not have the time or desire to learn this art, we have a great supplier of fermented vegetables and juices here.
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Thank you for sharing this great recipe. I know how important probiotics are, and this looks like a really delicious way to eat them. I’m just starting to learn about them, so thanks for the links too.
HI Judee,
Thanks for your comments. I can’t say enough about Jenny’s class. I’ve learned so much from her.
When you cover your ferment do you mean with a cheesecloth or a lid? So excited to try this!
I typically cover chutneys with a loose lid. This allows CO2 to escape. Cheesecloth also works.
why will it only last 6 to 8 weeks in refrig…….i thought the act of fermenting foods was for long time food storage to get people thru the winter and the food wouldn’t spoil?
yes we also ferment food for the good bacteria and gut health but if you had alot of fruit and vegetables to store up would you recomend canning instead of fermenting all of it?
thanks
That’s a good question, Melvin. Fermentation was not exclusively performed as a way to extend the harvest (although that is one of its functions), this is why fermentation was still used in societies where they had a continual, year-round supply of food.
Chutneys and fruit ferments can take on an unpalatable alcoholic flavor after prolonged fermentation and storage. It doesn’t mean the chutney will go “bad” after 8 weeks, only that its flavor may not be as appealing.
This sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing it!!!
Great recipe! What is your favorite meal to eat it with?
Is there a salt or lemon water sub for the starter/ whey? I’m nervous about the dairy aspect. Thank! This looks really good.
Hi Nikki,
You can get non dairy starter culture:
http://villagegreennetwork.com/marketplace/fermented-food-starters?pid=25
This recipe sounds delicious, as well as super healthy! The video is really helpful too!
I LOVE a good fermented apple chutney. Please come link up at my DIY Linky at http://www.littlehouseinthesuburbs.com, please?
This is one for my recipe collection, that’s for sure! Rebecca @ Natural Mother’s “Seasonal Celebration Sunday.”
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This looks really yummy… how do you think it would be without the starter culture? I never use any for my kraut. I think I might try it without it.
Hi PirateJeni,
You need the starter culture with fruits. love your post about Primal Pit Paste! What a laugh!