Green Mango Chutney.

My neighbours Ray and Kay gave me eight green mangoes yesterday and I decided to have a crack at making my own Green Mango Chutney.

The following recipe suits 1kg of Mangoes.

The first thing you do is skin and cut up the cheeks of mango. Weigh this. Today my mangoes came to 1.3kg. To alter the recipe to suit I simply multiplied the measurements x 1.3 to get balance it all out.

What you will need:

• 1kg mangoes
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 cup of white vinegar
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 100g sultanas
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 small knob of ginger, grated
• 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon of dry chillies
• 3 cardamom pods

I have not done this yet, but I am thinking 1 bunch of coriander could also be a nice addition.

What you need to do:

1. Place sugar, vinegar into a large pot and bring to the boil. Stir this until the sugar dissolves.
2. Add in the remaining ingredient and simmer for one hour ish. I tend t leave mine on the stove until it all looks soft.
3. Remove the cardamom pods and puree with a blender
4. Place in sterilized jars.

Home made Fettuccini.

Well what a buzz one gets from cooking something completely from scratch. Today I made my own fettuccini for the first time. I am sure with time I shall experiment further.

I cannot believe how easy this was to make. I simply placed 300grams of flour, three eggs, salt, pepper, a handful of finely chopped basil and a splash of olive oil into my mix master. I am fortunate enough to have dough mixing blades. One could easily use a mixing bowl and a knife as a stirring implement.

Once mixed I briefly kneaded the dough before covering it with a damp cloth and placing it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

It was then time to run it through the pasta maker. I used the thickest setting and ran it through ten times. Each time I would alternate the end that I placed in to the rollers so that the flour combined further. Once fed through I altered the setting to the required thickness. Then it was left for one hour to dry. 

I covered a clothes drying rack with tin foil and WHAMMO! 

Done!