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Is the weight of the apples for the Christmas Chutney recipe the weight before or after they have been peeled and cored?
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Nigella's Christmas Chutney (from NIGELLA CHRISTMAS) is made with cranberries, dates and clementines, which are all ingredients that are associated with Christmas. The recipe uses cooking apples, which are sour and break down easily when cooked, though Granny Smith Apples can be used as an alternative.
The weight of apples listed in the ingredients is the unprepared weight. Generally in recipes, if the preparation is put after the ingredient itself, and in the case of the apples it is also in brackets, then the weight stated in the recipe is the unprepared weight. So 750g cooking apples is the unprepared weight.
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