Cranberry Chutney

We traveled for Thanksgiving this year, first time in our 7 years together. We've always either had kids or TJ's had to work – or both. But this year we had no kids, TJ had the day off, and my sister-in-law Carolyn invited us to join their feast in New Jersey. I cooked up my contributions – Creamed Onions, Buttermilk Pie, and two cranberry treatments; we dashed down Thursday morning and dashed back on Friday. It was a joy to finally spend a holiday with TJ's sisters and their families and his mom. I had several recipe requests for the Cranberry Chutney I brought along.

This is ridiculously easy to make, and with its zip and zing it's a nice change from the standard cranberry sauces.

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1 heaping Tbsp. finely grated fresh ginger
2 large cloves garlic, finely minced
2 tsp. coarse kosher salt *
1 c sugar
¾ c cider vinegar
¼ c golden raisins
¼ tsp. ground cayenne or ground red chile
¼ tsp. ground turmeric
1 12 oz. bag cranberries, washed, and any crummy-looking ones discarded

* If using standard table salt, reduce by half.

In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients except for the cranberries. Bring carefully to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until sugar is dissolved and raisins are soft.

Add cranberries and return to a gentle boil. Cover and cook until all the berries have burst and the sauce is slightly thickened. Check and adjust seasoning with salt and cayenne (I use up to a full teaspoon of cayenne for a hotter chutney). Remove from heat and let cool, then refrigerate until ready to serve.

Comments

[Jamie]

This is an unusual, exotic twist on traditional cranberry sauce. I make mine with the grated zest, fruit and juice of an orange and spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cardomom and clove. But I will definitely try yours next time. Yum!

[Mad Mike]

Sounds good. We could of had this on inauguration day! Take care from Mad Mike!!

[Julia]

nice, if I ever get a bag of fresh cranberries over here, I'll give it a try! Maybe this works with another kind of berries?

[Ulla]

what an intense wonderful color!

[Auto glass Coolidge arizona]

MMMM!!! Looks great you should come over and cook at my house.