I was inspired by a recipe in the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving for cranberry mustard that said it was particularly delicious with ham, and it adds color and interest to meat and fish entrees. I had some cranberries kicking around in fridge from the Thanksgiving holiday. Dried cranberries could be used - just rehydrate a cup or so of dried berries in boiling water instead of using fresh.
CRANBERRY MUSTARD
makes about 5 4 oz. jars3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dry mustard
2 1/2 tsp ground allspice
Bring vinegar to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat and add mustard seeds. Cover and let stand at room temperature until seeds have absorbed most of the moisture, about an hour or so. Combine mustard seeds and liquid, water and Worcestershire sauce in a blender. Process until slightly grainy. Add cranberries and blend until chopped. 1 cup red wine vinegar
2/3 cup yellow mustard seeds
1 cup water
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2-3/4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
Bring cranberry mixture to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in sugar, dry mustard and allspice. Continue to simmer, stirring frequently, until volume is reduced by a third, about 15 minutes.
Ladle hot mustard into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe rim. Center hot lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fit is fingertip tight. Process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes.
5 comments:
Hi Mom! It's Morwen! Thanks for bringing up this Cranberry Mustard recipe! I don't know how I missed it before. It will go in our Christmas baskets to accompany the smoked venison sausages this year.
I stumbled across your blog by accident, and this cranberry mustard was so delicious! I tend to like spicy mustard though. Do you have a suggestion for how to make this spicier? Prepared horseradish? Do you have a quantity suggestion? Thanks! And I can't wait to try some of your other recipes!
Did you use 2 3/4 cups cranberries or 2 12oz bags (which is about double that). I've been trying to figure out which it is for this recipe! Thanks.
I corrected my typo - it's 2 3/4 cups cranberries. Happy canning!
This sounds amazing! I think cranberries will go on my grocery list!
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