Mostarda French glace cherry chutney

A lightly spiced glace cherry chutney that is delicious served with cheese or on grilled pork chops or steaks.

What you need:

• 1 fresh unripe pear peeled, cored and cut into 2cm pieces
• 75g dried apricots roughly chopped
• 125g French glace cherries, half roughly chopped, the rest whole
• 4 tbsp golden sultanas
• 50ml white wine vinegar
• 250ml white wine
• 200g caster sugar
• 1 tbsp mustard powder
• 2 tbsp yellow mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp crushed red chili flakes

What you do:

1. In a medium saucepan, simmer together the pear, apricots, sultanas, vinegar and white wine, until reduced by half, for about 15 minutes.
2. Add the sugar, French glace cherries, mustard powder, mustard seeds and cook for another 5 minutes until syrupy. Let cool completely and store in a sealed jar. This chutney will keep in the refrigerator for 1 week. Makes 300ml.