Mince Pies made with Smy Chutney Mincemeat

Check out these lovely mince pies made by Denise Mountain's friend Charlotte Dawson after she bought some of our mincemeat at Broadway Market Schoolyard on a visit to Denise, aka Candy Camper.

and remember...

it's not your chutney...
it's Smy Chutney.


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Broadway Market - 23 & 30 October 2010

I'm getting a teensy bit behind on my Broadway Market updates on account of the amount of chutney that I have been making. This is a combination post on the past two weeks with photos from 23 Oct, let's keep it short and sweet. Speaking of sweet, here are Emma and Tom who are funny, sweet, big Smy Chutney fans and supporters and, like me - they are huge Eastbound and Down fans!

If you went to lots of festivals this summer then you may recognise Candy Camper who sells sweeties from her, well - Candy Camper! It is like a little ray of sunshine for the market.
Speaking of delicious here is Fiendish & Goode, purveyors of cakes. May I recommend the mini sponges...and the coffee-ish walnut ones...and actually it is all delicious!

More tasty treats from Cupcakes & Tarts, all I will say is - Guinness cupcakes!
Last but not least are Organik Rocka, brilliant graphic tees for all ages that make perfect presents or personal presents.

More pictures to come as there are so many great stall holders with amazing products as well as the great food on offer. I forgot to take pictures on 30 Oct but it was a brilliant day and thanks to Hollie, Smy Chutney stall regular - Nick and the spanish contingent especially Karmen, Jorge, Nico and Violaine.

So hurry, hurry, hurry and make sure you check out the playground extension of Broadway Market...

and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's Smy Chutney.

Chirimoya Chutney?

This is a chirimoya which my dear friends Karmen and Jorge shared with me the other night after after a fantastic meal round theirs. The chirimoyas were sent from their dear friend Pepillo's orchards in Motril, Spain - where they are from. It is also known as the custard apple and when you taste it it is easy why as it tastes like a delicious pudding wrapped in a slightly alien packaging. Spooning out flesh straight from the fruit and it's almost an every-fruit as there are nuances of apple, pear, banana, plantain, mango, papaya going on. Of course my mind started to think of Chirimoya Chutney and how out of this world that would taste. Apparently they can occasionally be found in London but are particularly plentiful in Motril. I'm really grateful to them for their friendship as well as sharing this rare treat with me!

and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's smy chutney

Broadway Market - 16 October 2010

The best part of this week was being surprised by the gorgeous Rachel who was on a whirlwind tour of London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin and London again. It was on the final leg of her journey that she totally surprised me at my stall! I had mentioned being at the market but thought that we would try to arrange a meeting the following day. The dark glasses threw me but when I saw the mass of beautiful curls and my brain processed that voice I knew exactly who it was and it felt like the past ten years had melted away and that perhaps we were in the French Market of New Orleans instead of Broadway Market in London.

Here is Rachel with her friend Lis and I'm sure Spock was around there somewhere....

Other Smy Chutney friends stopped by, Soph and Staynton:

Smy Chutney regular visitors Nick & Rachel:

Celine & Dave did a cycle pit stop:


There was some lovely music as well...it was a great day...until next Sat!

Broadway Market 09/10/10

Smy Chutney had its first day trading at Broadway Market yesterday. We are in the extended market section next to the school. We had a brilliant day! I was only a teency bit nervous about transporting my chutney on my amazing new Y-frame bicycle trailer...I really shouldn't have been as it is a total work horse and perfect partner for my Bobbin Glorie bicycle and together they lugged about 60 kilos of chutney with ease. All the other market stall owners were super friendly and there are such amazing stalls full of tasty cakes, wicked t-shirts, accessories, jewellery and clothing, beautiful flowers, tasty apples and apple juice, sandwiches from de la Cruz restaurant, dim sum...it will be a wonder if I don't spend all my takings on the other lovely things on offer. Next week will feature a lot more info and pictures! Everyone should really come down and check out the old and new sections of Broadway Market! Thanks so much to Ash, Aims, Kyriakos, Nick and Frank for popping round on my first day, all the texts, tweets and facebook love and to everyone who was so complementary on Smy Chutney and those who bought some!

and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's smy chutney

Work Them Smy Chutney Batches

Here's a little video to give you an insight into a typical Sunday for Smy Chutney. This one is actually last Sunday but this will encapsulate the past week. You may not find bubbling chutney, or in this case six-pepper jelly, as fascinating as I do but as I was making this video this song happened to get thrown into the mix and it is my favourite song as the minute, Ramadanman's Work Them. Good tunes obviously makes for tastier chutney and this seemed to work perfectly as the potent six-pepper jelly was furiously rolling. The picture isn't brilliant as it was fogging up the camera...probably not the best idea...but I thought it looked like molten lava or a martian firework display.

and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's smy chutney