• Nicoise chutney

    Serves: 12 portions
    Cooking Time: 1 hr 40 mins

    Ingredients

    • 10ml (2 tsp) olive oil
    • 1 celery stick, diced
    • 1 small carrot, peeled and diced
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
    • 5ml (1 tsp) tomato paste
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) wholegrain mustard
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) brown sugar
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) baby capers
    • 150g sun-dried tomatoes in brine/oil, drained
    • 250g Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
    • 5ml (1 tsp) soy sauce
    • 5ml (1 tsp) Worcestershire sauce
    • 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
    • 1 x 410g tin tomato and onion relish
    • 10ml (2 tsp) freshly squeezed
    • lemon juice
    • freshly ground black pepper, to tast

    Instructions

    1

    To make the chutney, heat the butter and oil in a heavy-based pot on medium heat. Braise (with a wooden spoon) the celery, carrot, bay leaf, garlic and tomato paste, and stir until the carrot is softened.

    2

    Stir in the mustard, brown sugar, capers and sun-dried tomatoes, until the sugar has melted.

    3

    Add the chopped olives, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and basil, and stir for a minute. Add the tomato and onion relish, lemon juice and black pepper.

    4

    Simmer over very low heat for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally so the thickening chutney does not stick to the bottom of the pot. Serve hot or cold.