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Cranberry


Cranberries are traditionally made into a compote such as the classic cranberry sauce. Add a handful to your apple pies for some zing and bright red color or bake a whole pie but pucker up!

Cranberry

The Lovers

Our fruits are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.

Fruits

Apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, melon, nectarine, peach, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon

Cheeses

Soft or Crumbly Cheeses: Blue cheeses, chèvre, cottage cheese, cream cheese, crème fraîche, Gorgonzola, mascarpone, ricotta, sour cream, yogurt cheese

Nuts

Almonds, black walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios, walnuts

Spices

Allspice, cardamom, Chinese five spice powder, cinnamon, cloves, ground dried ginger, mace, nutmeg, star anise

Spirits

Bourbon, brandy, cognac, whiskey

Liqueurs

Almond (Amaretto), apricot, ginger, hazelnut (Frangelico), orange (Cointreau, Grand Marnier)

Natural Extracts

Almond, vanilla

Zing

Citrus: Lemon, lime, orange, blood orange, tangerine, Meyer lemon

Vinegars: Champagne, cider, white wine, herb vinegars, fruit vinegars

Herbs: Ginger, young ginger

Specialties: Crystalized ginger