Ingredients:

• 500 gm onions  – peeled and chopped
• 900 gm apples – peeled, cored and chopped
• 1.8 kgs sweet oranges
• 450 gm of sultanas or raisins
• 1 tblsp salt
• 2 tblsp ground ginger
• 1 tblsp cayenne (or chopped dried chillis)
• 1.7ltrs vinegar
• 900gms of sugar

Method:

1. Put onions in a pan with water and boil for 10 minutes. Add chopped apples, cook for 15 minutes.
2. Peel  oranges with a vegetable peeler and then remove pith with a sharp knife.
3. Slice peel into stripes with a sharp knife. Put peel and remaining orange pulp through a mincer or blender.
4. Add to pan of apples and onions.
5. Add salt, spices and half the vinegar.
6. Simmer for 1 hour until the peel is tender.
7. Add the rest of the sugar and vinegar and heat and stir until all the sugar is dissolved and mix is thickened.
8. Bottle in normal way.

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