Cranberry Relish

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup honey (use a rich flavored one if you can find it, mint, buckwheat, whatever, plus extra as needed)
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 granny smith apple, cored,peeled if desired,and coarsely chopped
• 1 large orange, unpeeled,coarsely chopped,and seeded
• 1 cup dried apricot, coarsely chopped
• 1 lemon, zest of, grated or chopped
• 1 lemon, juice of, including pulp,seeds removed

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients in a medium microwave-safe bowl.
• 2 microwave on high for 3 minutes, and stir thoroughly.
• 3 repeat two more times for a total of 9 minutes, by which time the cranberries whould should have popped and the mixture should be close to boiling; if not, repeat one more time.
• 4 taste, and adjust sweetness with more honey.
• 5 in the unlikely event that the relish is too sweet, add a little more lemon juice.
• 6 the relish will probably be a little bit runny, at this point, but it will jell as it cools.
• 7 serve at room temperature or slightly chilled as an accompaniment to turkey or anything else.
• 8 it’s also great with cream cheese on toasted bagels or english muffins.