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Christmas: Spiced Cranberries

Source of Recipe

From "Camille Glenn's Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookbook"


Recipe Introduction

"This makes a great gift as well as a welcome addition to your Christmas Eve table. It goes well with roast turkey or chicken, and nothing could be easier!"

List of Ingredients

◦  4 cups cranberries
◦  1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
◦  2½ cups sugar
◦  ½ cup water
◦  1 cinnamon stick, about 3½ inches long
◦  2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
◦  ½ tsp ground cloves


Recipe

Pick over the cranberries, discarding any soft ones. Set them aside.

Combine the lemon zest with the sugar in a food processor and twirl until the zest if finely grated (or grate the zest by hand and add it to the sugar).

In a large saucepan, combine the zest and sugar with the water, cinnamon stick, lemon juice, and cloves. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the cranberries and boil for 12 to 15 minutes, until a thick sauce has formed. Set aside to cool.

When cool, refrigerate until ready to serve. (It will keep for a week in the refrigerator, or you can freeze it.)


Makes 3½ to 4 cups