Heat oil in a medium sauce pot. Add red onion and sauté about 3 minutes until translucent. Add jalapeño and ginger and sauté 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients (apples through salt) and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the chutney has thickened.
Add red onion and sauté about 3 minutes until translucent. Add jalapeño and ginger and sauté 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients (apples through salt) and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the chutney has thickened.
McIntosh, Empire, Cortland, Jonathan, and Braeburn are all tart apples that would be delicious in this chutney. The golden raisins add a nice contrast of color and delicate sweetness, but you can use purple raisins as well. Toasting the pecans before adding to the mixture brings another level of flavor to the recipe.
Chutneys have a tendency to be sugar and carb-laden - Onion chutneys even more so! By using sweetener instead of sugar you can drastically reduce the carbs in this particular condiment. It goes great with sausage rolls of any sort and would be perfect as the base of our French-style pizza.