Due to a very odd stocking issue at the Co-Op where I collect I’ve had a vast amount of Bananas to move around over the last couple of days. Some were too bashed up to pass on, so we made a Chutney and it’s very good!
When life gives you Lemons - No cancel that - When life gives you Bananas…..
Ingredients:-
900g of Bananas, chopped
500g of Dates, chopped
1 Large Onion, diced
2 Lemons, Juice & Zest
40g of Ginger, grated
1 Red Chili, finely chopped
200g of Brown Sugar
500ml of Distilled Vinegar
1 Tsp of Hot Curry Powder
1 Tsp of Tamarind Paste
Method:-
(1) Place all the ingredients in a large pan and stir over a medium heat until the Sugar dissolves.
(2) Increase the heat to bring to the boil.
(3) Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 40 minutes stirring occasionally.
(4) Allow to cool and then spoon into sterilized jars.
According to the recipe we are supposed to allow this to mature for 4 weeks. Some of it might make it, maybe…….
We actually had so many Bananas to deal with that we doubled the quantities!
Why Cane Toad? Well they are pretty big and so is this monster! You can buy a Yorkshire pudding mix from most supermarkets for less than 50p and all you need to do is add a couple of eggs and water. Just make sure your oil is smoking hot! Sue's Gluten Free batter mix is below.
Ingredients:-
6 Pork and Leak sausages (GF versions are available and no more expensive)
Oil
For the GF batter mix:-
140g of GF plain flour
50g of Cornflour
140ml of semi skimmed Milk
3 Eggs
A dash of cold water
Sat & Pepper
Vegetable oil
Method:-
(1) In a frying pan fry your sausages.
(2) Preheat the oven to 220C.
(3) Place vegetable oil in a baking tray and heat until smoking hot.
(4) Add the Eggs to the Milk and whisk.
(5) Mix the GF Flour and Cornflour and season with Salt and Pepper.
(6) Add the Flour mix a little at a time to the Egg and Milk mix whisking it as you go.
(7) You should aim for a smooth runny texture.
(8) Add straight to the hot Oil and add your fried sausages hot to the batter.
(9) Place on the top shelf of the oven for about 30 minutes. Until the Yorkshire Pudding has risen and golden brown.
We like this with Mustard mashed Potato, Cabbage, batoned Carrots and Onion gravy, but the vegetables are entirely up to you.