The hedgerows around Cross Bank Farm change with the seasons and give generously to those who walk them at the right moment.
Sloes in their dusty purple clusters, fierce little crab apples, dark tumbling blackberries, each one carrying the particular wildness of where it grew.
Combined with gala apples, red onion and a cheekily warming blend of ginger, allspice, cinnamon and chilli, and simmered low and slow until thick, glossy and deeply, complexly delicious, this chutney has a character that is impossible to replicate and rather difficult to resist.
Dollop it generously alongside cold meats, pile it without restraint onto a cheeseboard or tuck it into a sandwich on an ordinary afternoon and turn it immediately into something worth looking forward to.
Ingredients: Apple cider vinegar, Soft brown sugar, Sloes, Crab apples, Gala apples, Red onion, Blackberries, Ginger, Salt, Allspice, Cinnamon, Chilli
The hedgerows around Cross Bank Farm change with the seasons and give generously to those who walk them at the right moment.
Sloes in their dusty purple clusters, fierce little crab apples, dark tumbling blackberries, each one carrying the particular wildness of where it grew.
Combined with gala apples, red onion and a cheekily warming blend of ginger, allspice, cinnamon and chilli, and simmered low and slow until thick, glossy and deeply, complexly delicious, this chutney has a character that is impossible to replicate and rather difficult to resist.
Dollop it generously alongside cold meats, pile it without restraint onto a cheeseboard or tuck it into a sandwich on an ordinary afternoon and turn it immediately into something worth looking forward to.
Ingredients: Apple cider vinegar, Soft brown sugar, Sloes, Crab apples, Gala apples, Red onion, Blackberries, Ginger, Salt, Allspice, Cinnamon, Chilli
