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Allspice berries for Christmas chutney

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By Judy T 06 Nov 2009 14:50

Allspice berries for Christmas chutney

Hi Can anyone help me please - I have bought ingredients to make Delia's Christmas Chutney (from Delia Smith Christmas) but cannot find any allspice berries. Can I use ground allspice and if so how much would I use to replace 75g (3oz)of allspice berries?
I must admit I have never heard of allspice berries & nor has anyone in the supermarkets & healthfood stores I've tried!
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By Guacamole 06 Nov 2009 15:08

allspice berries

'Seasoned Pioneers' have them.
Often recommended on here though not tested myself
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By Judy T 06 Nov 2009 20:29

Allspice berries for Christmas chutney

Many thanks for your quick reply will try to find where Seasoned pioneers are in our area!
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By Welshcookie 07 Nov 2009 00:14

Allspice

Allspice is very common, all wholefood shops in the UK will stock them and Tesco etc. If you do not say where you are on your profile it makes it very hard to advise. If you are not in the UK you will maybe have to do mail order.

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By Guacamole 07 Nov 2009 08:52

seasoned pioneers

is mail order on the web....
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By Elpe 07 Nov 2009 11:10

Allspice berries

Our local Herbal Stores shop sells Whole Allspice @ 89p for a 50g pack. The make is Suma and they have a website. That's what I used for my Christmas Chutney.
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By tigerlily 07 Nov 2009 18:23

Already got ground allspice

Hi, I had the same problem and have bought ground allspice now. Does anyone know how much to substitute? Thanks very much.
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By Elpe 07 Nov 2009 22:34

Allspice

The usual conversion seems to be that one tablespoon of whole spice (eg berries) is the equivalent of one teaspoon of ground. I weighed out 25g of berries which was 2 tblspns so 75g would be 6 tsp of ground. That seems quite a lot. But remember that the recipe calls for the berries to be tied up in a muslin bundle then removed. Also there's ginger in the recipe so perhaps it depends how spicy you like your chutney. I've not tasted my chutney yet but I did use the 75g of berries - it smelled fantastic while cooking!
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By John S. 08 Nov 2009 01:39

"A" spice

If the recipe calls for whole allspice you are best to use whole berries and not ground allspice, ground allspice will cloud your chutney and give it a deep brown colour.
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By Grimbal 08 Nov 2009 19:12

allspice

Hi, I don't know if this is too late a reply, but I used 1 1/2 teaspoons in Delia's recipe, and it turned out very well

Liz
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By snogoose 12 Nov 2009 22:58

Alspice berries

I have found my local Supermarket, either Sainsbury's or Tesco keep the berries in their spice section and on occassion the ground, although I find that the ground berries lose their aroma quicker