The Four Seasons Cranberry Relish

Name: The Four Seasons Cranberry Relish
Yield: Makes About 1½ Quarts
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger; 1 cup raisins; 2 pounds fresh or frozen and thawed cranberries, picked over; 1 large navel orange; 1 lime; 2 cinnamon sticks; ¼ cup plus ⅓ cup cold water; 1 dried hot chili pepper; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

Preparation info

Makes About
1½ Quarts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

About

I couldn’t talk about turkey and stuffings without tossing in my favorite cranberry relish. This recipe is from New York’s spectacular restaurant The Four Seasons, where American ingredients have been used inventively for over thirty-five years. It was created by Four Seasons Chef Christian (Hitch) Albin.

Ingredients

1 large navel orange
1 lime
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

Americas
United States
Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegan
Spicy

Method

Cut the orange and the lime, with their skins, into ¼-inch dice. Tie the ginger, cinnamon sticks, chili pepper, and vanilla bean in a little cheesecloth bag.
Combine the sugar and the ¼ cup cold water in a nonreactive, wide, heavy skillet. Heat over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar and brushing down any crystals from