Wild Peach (Quandong) Chutney 220g
Tasting Notes: This spicy Wild Peach Chutney is wonderful as a side serve, on crackers or mixed through sour cream or cream cheese to make a super tasty dip. Use it anywhere you would like a spicy and rich chutney with the strong peachy-apricot flavour of the Desert Quandong. Wonderful on Samosas, curry & especially suited to serving with Kangaroo, chutney fans will not be disappointed with this most complex of chutneys. This recipe took 5 weeks of painstaking development and remains our most complex recipe.
Natural History: The Desert Quandong Santalum acuminatum grows in the arid regions of Australia's Outback and is closely related to aromatic sandalwood. The Quandong is one of the worlds richest sources of Vitamin C, with each fruit containing around 6 times the Vitamin C of an orange! Our Quandong fruit are grown on a sustainable arid land plantation in South Australia on the Eyre Penninsula, the yellow dot on the map to the right shows where this is, the red area is the natural range of the Quandong.
The Quandong is a small tree with distinctive dark green foliage and leaves that hang vertically. They are a semi-parasitic tree which means they attach their roots to the roots of other plants drawing additional nutrients from them and often killing the host over the long term.
The picture left shows our Quandongs being harvested from the Shoalmarra Quandong Farm at Tumby Bay in South Australia (yellow dot on the map above)
Cultural History: Quandong trees are highly sought after in the Outback where they provide some tasty respite for the weary traveller and trees are often found with a log 'ladder' leaning up against their trunk, left by the last people who raided the Quandong for its fruit. Quandong fruit were and still are a very important and highly sought after food for Aboriginal Australians, nothing brings a gleam to the eye more than the mere mention of the Desert Quandong and most Aboriginal Australians have some wonderful childhood memories of collecting the fruit to make pies or cakes from the flesh and jewellery and games of the stones. In the days gone by, the attractive seeds were used for Chinese Checkers, fine jewellery and there are various stories about games of skill and luck played out with the seed of the Desert Quandong many of which have been transferred cross culturally by Aboriginal children.
Ingredients: Quandong Fruit (40%), green apples, brown sugar, onion, raisins, vinegar, pickling spices, lemon myrtle, forest berry herb, mountain pepper, sea salt, cloves.
Using Your Spicy Desert Quandong Chutney: Great with wafer crisp breads for morning tea. Also use on the side with meals, with samosas, currys and anywhere you would like a fruity, spicy and rich flavoured chutney. Well suited to game meats such as kangaroo.
Made By: Kurrajong Australian Native Foods.
Storage: Up to 18 months as per best before date on bottle, best stored in refrigerator. Refrigerate once opened & use within 6 weeks as no preservatives are used.
Other Desert Quandong Creations: Desert Quandong Jam in 50g, 110g, 230g and 1100g sizes.
