Creole Chutney Mustard

Apple, mango, raisins and molasses add the sweet notes to mustard's tangy spiciness. This condiment would go well with cooked sausages or on baked ham or turkey sandwiches.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup water
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 cup diced peeled apple
2 cups brown mustard
1 cup diced peeled mango*
2 tablespoons molasses
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Cooking Directions:

1. In a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and add raisins and apple; blanch for 2 minutes. Drain, then place in a bowl and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Add brown mustard, mango, molasses and cinnamon, stirring until well mixed. Serve chilled.

Makes about 4 cups.

Tip: To Peel a Mango: Stand the mango on end and slice down along the sides of the large flat pit with a boning knife or other long, flexible knife, curving around the pit as you slice. You will end up with three sections: two larger, rounded sections and a flat center section. Score the fruit in each rounded section lengthwise into slices, then crosswise into chunks, if desired. Holding a rounded section by its edges, push at the curved bottom to turn the rind inside out. The slices or chunks can then be cut away from the rind. Trim away rind from the flat center section and separate as much fruit as possible from the pit. Always cut away from yourself and be careful—mango is very slippery.