Achiltibuie Garden Tomato and Apricot Chutney

Wester Ross

Preparation info
  • Makes approx.

    14 × 200 g

    jars
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Taste of the Highlands

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2021

  • About

I remember visiting the Achiltibuie Hydroponicum in the early 1990s. It was a bit of a phenomenon at the time. The idea of growing exotic fruit, like bananas, in a water-based system in polytunnels on the west coast of Scotland sounded genius. And it drew thousands of tourists to the scattered township of Achiltibuie until 2007 when it was sold and the site fell into disrepair.

Not all was lost, though, as three local residents who had worked there, Alison Graham, <