| 1 1/2 |
Cups Granulated
Sugar - plus 1/8 to 1/4 cup extra sugar |
| 1/2 |
Cup Water |
| 3 |
Medium Pears - peeled, cored
& cut in 1" dice |
| 1 |
12 ounce package Cranberries |
1/2
|
Cup Cup
Chile Chile Bang Bang™ Sweet
Jalapeno, chopped, drained, packed |
| 1/2 |
Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg |
| 1/2 |
Teaspoon Ground Allspice |
| 1/8 |
Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon |
| 1/2 |
Cup Blanched Slivered Almonds
- optional |
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Red Food Coloring |
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| Sort cranberries
by removing any stems and discarding any damaged berries. Peel, core and
cube pears. In a two quart saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 1/2
cup of water to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. (If you don't have
a two quart saucepan, use a larger pan, rather than a smaller one). Boil
rapidly, uncovered for 5 minutes. Quickly add pears and stir, quickly
add cranberries, Sweet Jalapeno peppers and the spices. Stir. Return to
boiling, stirring constantly. (Be careful not to burn yourself. The bubbling
liquid is sticky and will stick to your skin). Cook 3 to 4 minutes or
till cranberry skins pop, stirring often |
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Remove pan from
heat. Add enough red food color to make sauce a deep ruby red. Pour sauce
into a bowl, taste sauce, if you like a sweeter sauce, add from 1/8 to
1/4 cup extra sugar to your taste. Cool to room temperature. When completely
cool, add blanched, slivered almonds, if desired. Will stay one week in
the refrigerator, or freeze for future use. SPECIAL NOTE: Make TWO batches
of this wonderful sauce. Make one batch as is for your Thanksgiving table,
make another batch, leaving out the Sweet Jalapeno Peppers....you then
have a wonderful dessert sauce. Wonderful served slightly warm over ice
cream with whipped cream!
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| Mary Slusarchuk,
company President, makes several batches of both versions of this sauce
while cranberries are in season. Label the containers "Sweet Jalapeno
Cranberry" or "Dessert Cranberry" and freeze then, so you
have these wonderful sauces available the rest of the year. Sweet Jalapeno
version goes well with Turkey, Chicken & Pork.
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