Recipe from Waitrose magazine I picked up at a service station last weekend on the way to Suffolk. I knew I’d be making it even though I’m not crazy on relishes and chutneys, but I love cheese, a good cracker and a glass of red with that. So I made the relish, very much enjoyed making it and gave a jar to Wiola, fellow cheese lover. A text came late in the evening, that it’s been a long time she’s had something that delicious and flavoursome. Shared the recipe straight away. 🙂

4 jars got washed and rinsed clean, then stayed in the 180 degree oven for about 10 minutes upside down. A method new to me, but simple enough. Left to cool, while I finely chopped a big red onion, grated 10 g of fresh ginger, added about 250 g of dried cranberries and sultanas, a juice and zest of 1 whole orange, a tsp of cinnamon and a half of that of allspice, 150 g of caster sugar, a pinch of chili flakes( genius!), 150 ml of cider or white wine vinegar- I used cider. All this into the pan and gently heated up for about 15 minutes to dissolve the sugar. While that was happening, I peeled and finely chopped about 500 g of pears and added them in. After roughly and hour I had my relish, whacked it into the jars, turned them upside down and left to cool.

Enjoyed last night with some dolcelatte and extra mature cheddar. Yum.