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December 12, 2010 at 9:01 am
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| Add some spark to your cranberry sauce with a bit of Port.
This tip is from Sable & Rosenfeld, who gave us the roast turkey recipe below. You can purchase their Port Cranberry Sauce online.
You can use your favorite cranberry sauce recipe, or this classic cranberry-orange relish that can be made several days in advance. Another tip: Cranberry sauce can be frozen and defrosted to enjoy with any meat or poultry dish.
CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH PORT RECIPE
Ingredients
- 1 package (12-ounces) fresh cranberries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 large oranges, washed but unpeeled
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
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Cranberry-orange relish, finely pulsed.
Photo by S.F. Foodphoto | IST. |
Preparation
1. Wash cranberries under cold running water. Soak overnight in Ruby Port with cinnamon stick.
2. To begin making the sauce, drain the cranberries—but don’t toss the Port. It can be used in another recipe or sauce (or you can drink it!).
3. Slice orange into eighths; remove any seeds.
4. Place half of the cranberries and half of the oranges in a food processor. Pulse until evenly chopped.
5. Transfer to a bowl and repeat with the other half of the cranberries and oranges.
6. Add sugar to taste. We typically reduce the sugar, so add one cup to begin with; chill and adjust sugar if necessary. Cranberry sauce should be tart-and-sweet, not overly sweet.
Serves 10.
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December 12, 2010 at 8:43 am
· Filed under Christmas, Meat & Poultry, Recipes
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A beautiful garnish for the turkey platter.
Photo courtesy SableAndRosenfeld.com. |
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Ninety percent of Americans serve turkey on Thanksgiving; 50% of us serve it for Christmas dinner as well.
Gourmet food producer Sable & Rosenfeld suggests a delicious and fragrant turkey garnish of figs, fresh sage and “Champagne” grapes.
The smallest of the seedless grapes, what is popularly known as the Champagne grape, is an ancient Greek grape variety properly called the Black Corinth, Vitis vinifera. It’s the grape that produces the fruit known as Zante currants. (Zante currants are not true currants: Here’s the scoop.)
The “Champagne” grape is not used for making Champagne. The sparkling wine is made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir or a combination of the two; Pinot Meunier can be added for fruitiness.
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So why is the Corinth grape called the Champagne grape?
The reference purportedly comes from a magazine shoot where a flute of Champagne was photographed next to a cluster of the small grapes. Alas, a misnomer was born.
But back to the turkey. Here‘s the recipe for a moist roast turkey with crisp skin, from Sable & Rosenfeld.
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December 11, 2010 at 8:59 am
· Filed under Christmas, Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Tip Of The Day
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Do a seasonal switch-up on everybody’s favorite cookies—chocolate chip cookies—for the holidays. Add dried cranberries to your chocolate chip cookie (or oatmeal cookie) recipe.
You can find dried cranberries in most food stores. Ocean Spray Craisins are a marketing name for dried cranberries (cranberry “raisins”).
Just split the amount of chocolate chips in your recipe by half, making up the remainder with the cranberries. Do the same with the raisins in the oatmeal cookie recipe.
You can also divide the chips between chocolate and white chocolate, or use all white chocolate chips. White chocolate and cranberries are a great pairing.
Use our recipe for cherry chocolate chip cookies, substituting dried cranberries for the dried cherries.
Bring them to parties, give them as gifts, and treat everyone in your household.
Did you know that chocolate chip cookies were invented by accident? Here’s:
> THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
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Make your holiday chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate chips and dried cranberries (photo © courtesy Cherry Marketing Institute).
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