Sunday 9 December 2012

Tried and Tested: Cranberry and Red Onion Marmalade


I bought some really nice red onion marmalade when I went to the Country Living Christmas Fair and it 'disappeared' very quickly. A friend gave me this recipe for this very nice and seasonal accompaniment to cheese/cold meat/pate/etc. and I made some last night. Judging by how it was received in our house, I will probably have to make another batch for Christmas. 

Here is how I made it:

2 tablespoons olive oil
500 grams red onions, sliced
Juice of 1 orange
1 tablespoon pickling spice
150 gram dark muscavado sugar
150 ml ruby port
120 grams dried cranberries
(the original recipe called for 450 grams fresh cranberries, but I took what I had)

Heat the oil in a pan and gently fry the onions for 5 mins.
Add the orange juice, spice, sugar, cranberries and port and simmer gently for 1 hr.
Cool and chill

3 comments:

  1. Så spennende! Skulle ønske jeg var litt flinkere til å prøve nye ting...

    Ha en fortsatt fin førjulstid:-)

    Klem

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  2. Den så kjempegod ut. Hadde sikkert passet ypperlig til samboers leverpostei (eller Paté de campagne, selvsagt, får jo ikke gjøre det mindre fint enn det er!) Men hva er "pickling spice"? Skjønner at det er noe for å lage pickles, eller altså for sylting, men er det en ferdig blanding som du får kjøpt? Hva består den av?

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