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    Noob chutney making question



    Sorry if this seems a bit simple. I'm a novice chutney maker that's just managed to get her paws on some free pears...

    When a recipe calls for 1kg of pears, is that before coring and peeling, or after coring and peeling?

    And from a recipe, is it possible to gauge how much I would end up with? Can I work out roughly from the quantities, how many jars I would need?

    Thanks in advance!
    http://www.weeveggiepatch.blogspot.com
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    If it were me and it doesn't make it clear whether the weight is before or after peeling & coring I'd plump for weight after and risk having a bit extra fruit...I don't suppose it will be that much of a difference? As for number of jars...hmmm I just put extra into the oven to sterilise, as better to have to many done and ready. Not much help sorry...
    Last edited by smallblueplanet; 25-09-2010, 11:41 AM.
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    • #3
      I usually go for prepared weight. Specially with windfall fruit you often lose quite bit of weight in preparation. As for number of jars, I would add the total weight of your ingredients and calculate from that. You will lose a bit of weight in cooking, but you should then have enough jars ready. The number of jars also depends of course on the size of the jars. I prefer to use smaller ones, so more jars needed.

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      • #4
        Thank you very much!
        Just need to nip out to buy the rest of the ingredients and going to have an evening of chutney making.
        http://www.weeveggiepatch.blogspot.com

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