Glowing Cranberries

I’ve turn out to be satisfied that these glowing, sugared cranberries needs to be part of each vacation unfold. They glint and wink within the surrounding vacation lights, and lend a putting sprint of pink to the desk. One other great point is the best way they effortlessly make the transition from savory course to candy. So, for instance, I’ve turn out to be keen on serving them as a part of a cheese unfold, however I think about they’d be good because the of completion on on a tart or clustered atop a crème brûlée or pudding of some kind.

What Kind of Sugar?

That is key, and I’ve experimented with a spread of sugars right here. Some work higher than others. At first, I wished to make them with a maple sugar coating – however the cranberries regarded like that they had been dropped in mud. The identical goes for uncooked cane sugar, coconut sugar, and Rapadura. So I gave up making an attempt to do a much less refined sugar model. Take observe, extra-fine grain sugar did not work nicely both – clumpy. Primarily, the easiest way to get a great glowing sugar crust in your cranberries is to first roll them in an slightly-chunky natural sugar (one thing like this), and later toss them in common granulated sugar. The small grains of the granulated sugar cling to any spots which are nonetheless sticky from the easy syrup.

They’re easy to make, however you have to do step one the evening earlier than. I prefer to toss the cranberries in sugar the subsequent morning, and on and off all through the day so that they have time to dry and crisp up. Get pleasure from, and happiest holidays!