Teatime Temptation - Scones with Apricot, Raisin Chutney
Now that summer days are fading away and our thoughts turn to Autumn, our thinking about what we eat and what we cook changes as well.
Weather is changing so fast and today, a crisp morning with chill air blowing your hair away and make you feel so cold you run inside and gasp for a cup of hot chai.
When i picked Noel and came home, It was drizzling n as soon as I parked the car and we went in, the heavy downpour started and we were so luckily that we weren’t stuck in that.
I made this amazing chutney which I tasted when my colleague brought this for us to work and I couldn’t resist having this with chicken pie and everyone were up for seconds imme. I requested her this recipe and added my own tinge to it by spicing it up with ginger.
Here’s how I made the chutney:
Couple of handfuls of Apricots, finely chopped
Raisins: a handful, i used the green ones!!
1 tbsp oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 garlic clove, sliced finely
1tsp grated ginger
150 ml orange juice
1 tbsp of Cyder Vinegar( I actually bought this from an award winning Organic farm in our County Suffolk )
2 tbsp sugar
First heat a tbsp of oil and fry onions and garlic till they are light brown and soft and then add raisins,apricots, ginger, orange juice and vinegar. Now let it bubble gently for about 15minutes on medium flame till the apricots become pulpy and most of the liquid is nicely absorbed by the apricots. Stir in the sugar and as soon a it turns sticky, turn off the heat and let it cool.
Its tastes so good and amazing to have it with scones or as sandwich filling. We ditched our jam and jelly with our scones this afternoon and had them with butter and this simple Apricot, Raisin Chutney
