25 November 2009

Cranberries

Obligatory: of course. Fun to tinker: more fun than a barrel of..... What? Plastic blister wrapping? You get the same effect when cooking cranberry sauce. At a slow boil you hear the pop-pop-pop until there are no more.

A bag of 12 ounces makes a little more than 1/2 a quart of finished. This year I dispensed with white or brown sugar and went with miel corse (a Corsican honey) and some local honey to dilute the Corsican; lime zest, lime juice, orange juice and white wine instead of other liquids; a dash of salt; allspice, ground black pepper, and cinnamon sticks; and some dried cherries (at least 2 or 3 ounces). The cranberry seems to exude pectin so gelling is easy. I would have added maybe a full cup of liquid instead of 3/4 and 2-shot glasses.

It's very intense. It would surely be perfect in a turkey sandwich on Saturday. I'm curious to hear what the eaters say tomorrow.

4 comments:

  1. Love the idea of adding dried cherries to the cranberries. And the image of bubble wrap is absolutely correct. So how was it on turkey leftovers?

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  2. Hey Chris, that "Anonymous" is moi, Widow in Kansas City.

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  3. Why does the comment section have a handicapped image?

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  4. Alas, no left overs for us: not our turkey. We'll cook a turkey in January, make this relish, and give it a try with left overs.

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