Mulled Cranberry Apple Compote

Mulled Cranberry Apple Compote

 The awakening of the holiday season lists cranberries on the menu.  For most people, a little dab will do you.  I enjoy the tartness to mellow the sweetness of the turkey meat plus all of the nutritional value.

Ingredients:
Mulling Spices
2 cinnamon sticks
2 star anise
6 whole cloves
3 whole allspice
Peel of ½ orange
Peel of ½ lemon
Compote
12 ounces of cranberries
3 tart apples peeled, cored and diced (Granny Smith or Empire)
2 ½ cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup water
Pinch of salt

Directions:

Put all mulling spices in cheesecloth and make a sachet.                                                                                   

Add the sachet and all ingredients into a heavy bottomed nonreactive pot and bring to a boil and bring to a simmer over low heat until most of the cranberries have burst and apples have cooked through, about ½ hour. 

Remove the pot from heat and keep mulling spices in compote until cool. Take the sachet of mulling spices out before serving.  Yield:  One Quart