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Thursday, October 9, 2008

RECIPES: Various Cranberry & Apple Sauce

Just the other day, I had some wonderfully made cranberry sauce that had chunks of Granny's Smiths apple. The sauce was just lovely!! So, now I want to re-make something of that kind. Here are the recipes that I found over the net:

1. Cranberry - Apple Sauce
**Credits: http://www.cooks.com/

1 lb. cranberries, picked over and washed
2 c. sugar
2 apples, peeled, cored and diced
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. allspice
1/8 tsp. ground cloves

Place cranberries in a 2 quart saucepan. Add the apples and sugar. Cover and place over medium heat. When the cover is hot to the touch, reduce heat to low and cook for 12 minutes. Stir in the spices.

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2. Cranberry - Apple Sauce
**Credits: http://www.epicurious.com/

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

4 apples (about 2 pounds), peeled, cored, and chopped
1 cup fresh cranberries, picked over
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup apple juice or water
a 3-inch cinnamon stick
a 3-inch strip of lemon zest removed with a vegetable peeler
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

In a heavy saucepan cook the apples, the cranberries, the sugar, the apple juice or water, the cinnamon stick, and the zest over moderate heat, stirring, for 15 minutes, or until the apples are very soft. Discard the cinnamon stick and teh zest, force the apple mixture through the medium disk of a food mill into a bowl, and stir in the butter. Serve the applesauce warm or chilled. The applesauce keeps, covered and chilled, for 1 week.

Makes about 3 cups.