Soliciting Opinions wrt Larger Batches of Fig Chutney
So, way back in 2011 I mentioned making fig chutney.
The chutney is good. Everyone who has had it (who likes chutney) has liked it. I love it, personally.
The only problem is it doesn't make much, about 2.5 pints. On advice from my dad, I put it up in the little jars (4oz), which means I had about 10 of these little jars. I think.
In any case, I still have a lot of figs in the freezer, and I'm running out of jars of chutney. I'm thinking of making it again, but I'm wondering about whether I could double the recipe without running into some kind of trouble. My concern is that since the recipe does not use pectin (unlike my jam recipe), it's a straight cook down, and it takes about 2 hours to get the basic recipe down to the right stage. The 2 hours cooking down is noted as "inactive" in the recipe... not a lie but pretty damn close.
If I double it, will the cooking time double as well?
If it does, is it a major problem?
Thoughts??
This is the recipe I used: Emeril Lagasse Fresh Fig Chutney recipe from The Food Network.
The chutney is good. Everyone who has had it (who likes chutney) has liked it. I love it, personally.
The only problem is it doesn't make much, about 2.5 pints. On advice from my dad, I put it up in the little jars (4oz), which means I had about 10 of these little jars. I think.
In any case, I still have a lot of figs in the freezer, and I'm running out of jars of chutney. I'm thinking of making it again, but I'm wondering about whether I could double the recipe without running into some kind of trouble. My concern is that since the recipe does not use pectin (unlike my jam recipe), it's a straight cook down, and it takes about 2 hours to get the basic recipe down to the right stage. The 2 hours cooking down is noted as "inactive" in the recipe... not a lie but pretty damn close.
If I double it, will the cooking time double as well?
If it does, is it a major problem?
Thoughts??
This is the recipe I used: Emeril Lagasse Fresh Fig Chutney recipe from The Food Network.