Mango Chilli Chutney

Here's something else that is way too expensive to buy from the store in a fancy little jar! Spicy Mango Chutney. It's spicy jam! Yay!

Ingredients:
2 mangos, cubed
1/2 onion, diced
1 dried red pepper, minced
1 lime (juice and zest)
About 1 tsp minced ginger
1 1/2 cups strong pepper green tea (directions for this below)
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp mustard (I used Grey Poupon)
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar

Directions:
Boil 2 tsp of green tea leaves with 1 1/2 tsp whole peppercorns (in whatever you use to brew loose leaf tea) until the tea is as dark as it can get. Then measure out 1 1/2 cups.
Add tea, all the spices, onion, vinegar, red pepper, and half the mango to a large pan.
Bring to a boil, then simmer until thick.
Eat some of the waiting mango, because it's delicious.
Optional: Transfer the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor, and "chop" for five seconds, then return to pan. This gives the body of the chutney a smooth and pretty consistency. I did this because the onion pieces were annoying me.
Once it's thick, ass the rest of the mango, and the lime juice.
Boil it for one more minute. The finished chutney should be smooth with chunks of mango dispersed throughout.
Portion out into sanitized jars, and let cool.

It's sweet with just enough pepper for an "afterthought" kick of spicy...it's really good on whole wheat bagels with cream cheese! Or crackers. It would be a great compliment to any cheese...and hey, it just sounds so fancy..."I know how to make chutney."

"Would you like some...Chutney?"

I guess I've just always seen it as one of those hoity-toity gourmet things that I couldn't really afford. It's always next to the $15 pieces of cheese...But it's so, so easy to make!