cranberry fig sauce
Delicious with warm Brie. Great as a sauce for ham or roast turkey. I'm thinking it may even be good with a Monte Cristo sandwich. Hmmm...what about using dates instead of figs? You could probably decrease the sugar by half. This is my own photo of the sauce.
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yield
serving(s)
cook time
30 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For cranberry fig sauce
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1 cwater
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1 lgtangerine, zest the rind and juice the fruit
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1 cdried figs, chopped
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3/4 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 stickcinnamon
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1 pkgfresh cranberries (10 oz.)
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2 Tbspbalsamic vinegar, the good stuff
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1/8 tspsalt
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1/8 tspfreshly grated nutmeg
How To Make cranberry fig sauce
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1Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Remove from heat. Zest the rind of the fresh tangerine and set aside. Juice the tangerine.
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2Stir the juice and the chopped dried figs into the water and let stand for 15 minutes.
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3Return the pan to medium high heat and add the sugar and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil.
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4Add the rinsed fresh cranberries. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until the berries begin to burst. Remove from heat.
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5Add the 2 TBS balsamic vinegar, the zest of the tangerine, the grated nutmeg and the pinch of salt. Remove the cinnamon stick. Cool completely. Transfer to a jar and refrigerate. Makes 3 cups
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