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Cranberry Chutney

Kick the can, and spice up your life...
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chill time 2 hours
Course Sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Indian
Servings 8 people
Calories 105 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Bag Fresh Cranberries 12 oz, washed, sorted (One bag)
  • 2 tsp Butter
  • 1 tsp Black Mustard Seeds
  • 1/4 Ea Onion Med, Sweet, Peeled, Diced fine ~1/4 cup
  • 2 ea Thai Peppers Minced, fine, (Jalapeno / Soranno works as well)
  • 3/4 cup Sugar Granulated
  • 1/4 tsp Black Pepper Freshly ground
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger grated
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Allspice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1/4 tsp apple cider vinegar To Taste

Instructions
 

  • In medium saucepan over medium high heat, add butter and foam out
  • Add mustard seeds, they should sizzle, cook for ~10-15 sec
  • Add onions and jalapeno, cook until onions soften and turn translucent
  • Add spices and cook until fragrant
  • Add Cranberries, salt, sugar, water, Stir to combine
  • Advance to high heat, bring to a boil, and thence revert to low
  • Cook until berries pop, and the sauce starts to thicken, ~15 minutes
  • Taste, balance flavor, adjust spice, use vinegar to taste ...
  • Cool, place in non-reactive container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours

Notes

This is a fairly spicy chutney, and is a recreation of a recipe I developed long ago, and lost in one of the many moves around the universe 
Note, One can take a brie, split, slater with this reassemble, wrap in puff pastry and bake for a show stopping appetizer.  This does pair quite well with most soft cheeses, and would be a decent addition to a cheese or charcuterie board.
It also can be used as a spread for a meat and cheese sandwich, I'd go with a chicken, turkey, or ham.  It does not play that well with beef ..  But maybe, a beef stir fry, with a touch of this in the sauce mix, but that is another experiment / post.  
As always whence dealing with peppers, taste them, one pepper can be very mild, the next pepper can remove your tonsils chemically..  And as always, don protective gear, (latex gloves, I am SURE you have some now.)

Nutrition

Calories: 105kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 84mgPotassium: 36mgFiber: 2gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 57IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Chutney, Cranberry, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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