{"id":1993,"date":"2011-12-02T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2011-12-06T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T22:55:12","slug":"cranberry-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/cranberry-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry jam"},"content":{"rendered":"Happy TGIF!!!<\/p>\n

A<\/span> while back I begin a series where I taste-tested<\/a> new ingredients that I have never tasted before.<\/p>\n

Ever.<\/p>\n

For the very first time, I tasted balsamic vinegar<\/a>, spinach pesto<\/a>, sourdough, kale and quinoa<\/a>, bread pudding<\/a>\u00a0and pumpkin<\/a>, sampled<\/a> in<\/a> many<\/a> ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some may come as shock to you, but hey<\/em>, give a Malaysian girl a break \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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So now, I have some cranberries on the table. Begging for a recipe. I’ve never eaten or cooked with fresh cranberries before. I have a slew of recipes that incorporates cranberries, but I wanted to begin this whole taste-testing process with a simple recipe.<\/p>\n

Cranberry jam\/compote\/sauce, whatever you want to call it. It’s simple and tasty \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I am late to the table with this recipe — cranberry sauce are famously served during\u00a0Thanksgiving<\/a>. What was I thinking, not serving this sooner?<\/p>\n

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Cranberries are normally considered too sharp to be eaten plain and raw, as they are not only sour but bitter as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

Some fact’s about cranberries:<\/p>\n

It is initially white, but turns a deep red when fully ripe. It is edible, with an acidic taste that can overwhelm its sweetness.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cranberry sauce\u00a0is regarded an indispensable part of traditional American and Canadian\u00a0Thanksgiving\u00a0menus and some\u00a0European\u00a0winter festivals.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cranberries are harvested in the fall when the fruit takes on its distinctive deep red color. This is usually in September through the first part of November. To harvest cranberries, the beds are flooded with six to eight inches of water above the vines. A harvester is driven through the beds to remove the fruit from the vines —<\/span><\/em> Source<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jam’s are pretty darn easy and tastes super delicious, slathered on anything!\u00a0I allowed it to sit longer than usual, and it thickens into a nice jar of jam. It’s as good as peanut butter fingers. Seriously good \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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