Like jams and pickles, chutney is a wonderful preserve to keep for a rainy day. Homemade chutneys can be made from fruit, vegetables or a mix of both, slow cooked with herbs, spices, vinegar and sugar to your liking, and then left in a pot to mature and mellow before eating.

Try Graham Campbell's spiced apple chutney, Vineet Bhatia's unusual crab chutney served with crab cakes and Josh Eggleton's tomato chutney, which he likes to serve with his veggie burgers. For a sweet chutney try Chloe King's Pineapple chutney recipe.