Cranberry Gems

Name: Cranberry Gems
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 36 oz cranberries (fresh); 24 oz sugar (3 cups x 8 oz/240 ml); 24 oz water (3 cups x 8 oz/240 ml); 4 each star anise; 2 each vanilla bean (scraped, seedless pods); 1 tsp pink pepper corns (optional); 3 pods cardamom (optional)

5 steps

Prep:10minCook:5min

Winter is cranberry harvest season! Cranberry Gems are bright berry, pleasantly tart inside, and thin, sweet, glossy coating outside. They can be made with fresh cranberries only. I usually make a batch of 3-4 jars, keep them refrigerated, and use for everything — to decorate cakes and pastries, to add to salads, to serve with soft creamy cheese or greek yogurt, to top oatmeal, to drop a few berries into a hot demi-glace based sauce for meat and poultry, to make quick cold and hot drinks — the list is endless.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:02:12 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

172

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1041.3 kcal (52%)

Total Fat0.6 g (1%)

Carbs267.2 g (103%)

Sugars240.6 g (267%)

Protein1.7 g (3%)

Sodium9.1 mg (0%)

Fiber12.2 g (43%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

3 servings

240mlsugar

240mlwater

scraped, seedless pods

1 tsppink pepper corns

optional

3 podscardamom

optional

Instructions

Step 1

Wash cranberries with warm water. Prepare clean jars and lids. In a saucepan, mix sugar, water, and spices. Bring to boiling on medium heat.

Step 2

Add all cranberries at once and mix them with hot simple syrup. This step aims to heat berries without letting them pop, keeping them whole. Listen carefully. When you hear the first pop, turn the heat off, but continue stirring, distribute the heat of syrup equally. Taste one berry — it should be hot inside.

Step 3

Using a slotted spoon, scoop hot cranberries and spices into the jars. You will need tree 1.5-pint jars and one 0.5-pint jar to fit all cranberries.

Step 4

Bring syrup to boiling again, pour into the jars with cranberries, and close the lids. Keep in room temperature until cool enough to touch (or for up to 24 hours).

Step 5

Open the jars and strain bright red cranberry syrup into a pan (keep cranberries in the jars). As you can see, what was in a smaller jar now fits into the three large jars because cranberries gave up some of their juices into the syrup. Bring the syrup to boiling and boil it for 1-2 minutes to concentrate slightly. Pour hot syrup into the jars with cranberries, and close the lids. Turn the jars upside down and keep them at room temperature until cool enough to touch (or for up to 24 hours). Repeat one more time. Store refrigerated.

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