Bringing in the Harvest

The theme of this session of Canadian Blogging By Mail is Harvest. I thought I wouldn't be able to participate because my schedule has made it increasingly difficult to do any meaningful food projects. Yesterday, I lucked into an unexepected day off and took FULL advantage of it. Cranberries are in so much abundance right now, they are practically being given away. I decided to go with two different sauces.
First, Cranberry Apricot Chutney


Cranberry Apricot Chutney
3lb fresh cranberries
3 cups sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 cups dried apricots, diced
2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
1 tbsp. ground ginger
1 tbsp. ground cloves
1 tsp ground allspice
2 c. water
3 c. chopped onion
1 1/2 c. chopped celery
1 tbsp oil

Saute onion in oil. Add celery, cook for five minutes, add apricots and cranberries. Mix in spices and cook another five minutes. Then add sugar and water and simmer until cooked and thickened.

The second was plain old cranberry sauce

Linda's Cranberry Sauce

3lbs fresh cranberries
3 cups sugar
3 tbsp ginger

Cook to desired texture.

This round of CBBM is hosted by Confessions of a Cardamom Addict (I can totally relate to THAT!).
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