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Dried Fruit Chutney on Smokey pork ribs – Yum!

Posted on October 16, 2013 by in pork, rsg

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Dried fruit chutney on smokey pork ribs is on my menu tonight and I must confess it has been on our menu quite a few times since the braai season started!

Dried fruit is so often associated with winter, yet even in the midst of summer, it is hard to imagine Christmas without the joys of biting into a deliciously moist fruit cake of mom’s Christmas pudding! However we are still a few months (weeks…eeek) away from Christmas and I had a bag full of Safari dried fruit to use. When I think of chutney, I can almost taste my gran’s chutney that she cooked every season as and when the different fruits were available. Although my gran made use of fresh fruit, she always added dried fruit like currants, apricots, raisins and prunes to her chutneys.

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Of course my favourite part of gran’s chutney was the old familiar flavours like, cinnamon, cloves, ginger……. flavours that today’s store-bought chutneys sorely lack. Those flavours and spices are exactly the ones I enjoy when preparing meat dishes. My favourite winter green bean stew comes to life with the essential ground and roasted coriander and  even in these exotic Moroccan Ribs I find the familiar tastes or cinnamon, coriander and cloves!

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To combine the flavours of gran’s delicious chutney and some smokey pork ribs, seems like a winning plan for me and I think my family will absolutely love it.

I know it is much easier to buy a bottle of chutney or basting sauce for your next braai, but if you make your own, you are in control of what goes into your chutney – wholesome goodness and a little effort! Why not double up the quantity and make a few extra bottles of chutney! Once your family tastes it, they will have it on everything from boerewors rolls to their favourite grilled meat!

Dried Fruit Chutney

makes 1 liter

Ingredients

1 large onion – chopped

2 cloves garlic

a thumb-sized pice of fresh ginger – finely chopped

6 cloves

1 bay leave – fresh or dry

5 ml salt

200 ml white wine vinegar

250 ml sugar

5 ml smoked paprika

5 ml dry ginger

250 ml Safari raisins

250 ml Safari currants

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Method

Place all the ingredients in a pot and bring to the boil. Once the mixture is boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for 30-4- minutes. Stir every now and then to prevent the chutney from burning. Transfer the mixture to your blender and pulse until the chutney is to your liking. our into sterilised bottles and keep for basting steaks, chops, ribs or enjoy in a delicious leftover lamb sandwich!

For my smokey pork ribs, I will place the ribs on a oven rack and roast in the oven (180C) for 20 minutes, baste with some of the chutney and place it back in the oven for 10 – 15 minutes. Enjoy with coleslaw, garlicky potatoes and good company!

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The best wine in the Leopards Leap Culinaria Collection to have with these delicious artichokes , is the 2010 Culinaria Shiraz Grenache

 

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Tomorrow morning just after the 9 o’clock news, I will be  back in my seat at RSG studios, sharing this easy recipe with you! Get ready to be amazed! I will also in weeks to come take you into the kitchens of other bloggers, chefs and interesting South Africans this year. So buckle up, it is going to be an awesome ride. Tune in 100-104FM or listen online here!

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