{"id":534,"date":"2014-12-22T11:31:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T18:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b2.rayharwood.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2014-12-22T13:04:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T20:04:21","slug":"recipe-cranberry-compote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Cranberry Compote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Force the issue with anyone who says &#8220;but I don&#8217;t like cranberries&#8221; &#8212; everyone I&#8217;ve convinced to taste them says, &#8220;Those are delicious!&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Can be served warm, but I prefer to make mine a day or two ahead, then refrigerate to let flavors intensify a little.\u00a0 After chilling, it can be served cold or warmed up a little.<\/p>\n<h1>Ingredients<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>1 package of fresh cranberries (12 ounces or so)<\/li>\n<li>2 pears (I prefer Bosc or Bartlett)<\/li>\n<li>2 apples (get the Honeycrisp if you can&#8230; sweet is good!)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup bourbon (I caught some Jack Daniels on sale); you could substitute other liquid, like wine, or even Tequila, I suppose<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon (I used Saigon cinnamon, which is a little more flavorful; if using other cinnamon, add &#8220;to taste&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon cardamom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Instructions<\/h1>\n<p>Rinse and drain cranberries, and place\u00a0in a large sauce pan.<\/p>\n<p>Peel, quarter, and core the pears, then cut or chop into quarter- to half-inch bits.\u00a0 Add to sauce pan.\u00a0 Repeat with the apples.\u00a0 Sauce pan can be nearly full, as it will cook down by half.<\/p>\n<p>Add bourbon, brown sugar,\u00a0cinnamon, and cardamom, and stir gently to mix fruit and spices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-538\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rayharwood.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_175349131_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-538\" src=\"http:\/\/rayharwood.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_175349131_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Just starting to simmer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_175349131_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_175349131_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_175349131_iOS-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just starting to simmer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turn on heat (to medium or a little higher)\u00a0to get mixture to boiling, stirring frequently to continue mixing. When liquid begins to boil, reduce to a slow boil (just below medium), stirring occasionally\u00a0and listen\u00a0to the\u00a0cranberries pop!\u00a0 When most are popped, reduce heat to low, stirring gently until liquid is thickened and fruit is soft.\u00a0 If you see unpopped cranberries, I like to gently press them against the side of the sauce pan to pop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rayharwood.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-537\" src=\"http:\/\/rayharwood.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cranberry deliciousness, ready to chill for Christmas Day!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cranberry deliciousness, ready to chill for Christmas Day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When mixture is thick and soft, remove from heat and allow to cool.<\/p>\n<p>Either serve warm or chill overnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Force the issue with anyone who says &#8220;but I don&#8217;t like cranberries&#8221; &#8212; everyone I&#8217;ve convinced to taste them says,[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[98],"tags":[102,101],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-bourbon","tag-cranberries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20141222_181846614_iOS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B5b0-8C","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rayharwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}