Hot Sweet Mango Chutney

Ingredients:

• A hundred green mangoes
• the syrup of four pounds of sugar and three quarts of vinegar
• four pounds of tamarinds
• stoned and strained
• three quarts of vinegar
• eight or ten bay-leaves
• one pound of green chilies
• two pounds of sliced ginger
• one pound of cloves of garlic
• one pound of raisins
• and two pounds of salt.

Directions:

Peel and cut the mangoes into fine slices, and steep them in salt for twenty-four to thirty-six hours; remove the mangoes from the salt water, and boil them in three quarts of vinegar; when quite cool, lay them in a preserving-pan, sprinkle over them the remaining salt, add all the condiments, tamarinds, raisins, &c., and allow the whole to simmer for half an hour, stirring all the time, with the syrup. It should not be bottled until quite cold.

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