{"id":240,"date":"2013-09-21T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkimcarthur.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2013-09-21T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T16:42:19","slug":"the-best-fig-chutney-in-the-world-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/the-best-fig-chutney-in-the-world-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Fig Chutney in the World&#8230;&#8230;ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/amotherinfrance.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/figs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/amotherinfrance.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/figs.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Figs\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/figs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/figs-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When we first moved to France back in 2004 we didn\u2019t miss much, but we did crave for Branston Pickle.\u00a0 However, since discovering this delicious recipe, Branston no longer makes it onto our wish lists of goodies to ask for when we have visitors from the UK.\u00a0 In fact I struggle to think of anything now when I get the inevitable question \u201cWhat would you like us to bring you from England?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t mind what you bring, as long as you don\u2019t bring the weather,\u201d is all I can think of these days.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height:1.5;\">I don&#8217;t often blog about food, mainly because so many people out there are doing such a fine job of it. BUT, it\u2019s that time again, when the fig trees are laden with fruit, you\u2019ve eaten your fill, you\u2019ve made some jam and are wondering what else to do with the basketful of figs sitting on your table.\u00a0 Sound familiar?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 It must be just me then!<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anyway, for those of you who are lucky enough to have a fig tree in your garden, or (like me) have a generous French neighbour who delivers a basket of figs to your table, then here is one of my favourite recipes:<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1>Fig Chutney<\/h1>\n<div>1.5kg Black figs quartered ( or any figs can be used)<\/div>\n<div>1 kg sugar<\/div>\n<div>3 onions chopped roughly<\/div>\n<div>500g mixed raisins and sultanas<\/div>\n<div>1 lt good quality red wine vinegar<\/div>\n<div>2 teaspoons cayenne pepper<\/div>\n<div>2 teaspoons paprika<\/div>\n<div>2 teaspoons Ground ginger<\/div>\n<div>2 teaspoons all spice<\/div>\n<div>2 tablespoons chilli sauce (sweet or not up to you!)<\/div>\n<div>6 garlic cloves crushed<\/div>\n<div>salt and pepper<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Place all ingredients together and bring to the boil, then simmer for 2 hours till good chutney consistency (whatever that is).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jar\u2026. This chutney gets better with age apparently, <i>although we have never had it long enough to find out!<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we first moved to France back in 2004 we didn\u2019t miss much, but we did crave for Branston Pickle.\u00a0 However, since discovering this delicious recipe, Branston no longer makes it onto our wish lists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}