Candied Cranberries with Cheese and Crisp Crusts

Name: Candied Cranberries with Cheese and Crisp Crusts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons mixed whole pickling spice; 227 grams baguette; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 30 inner butter lettuce leaves, rinsed and crisped; 227 grams About cheddar cheese; 473 milliliters cranberries, fresh or thawed frozen; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 177 milliliters About sugar

Candied Cranberries with Cheese and Crisp Crusts might be a good recipe to expand your side dish repertoire. One serving contains 205 calories, 7g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. If you have baguette, cranberries, cheddar cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Sort cranberries and discard any soft or decayed fruit. Rinse berries. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart pan, combine cranberries, 3/4 cup sugar, and pickling spice. Cover and set over low heat. Stir occasionally until cranberries are translucent, sugar dissolves, and a syrup forms, about 30 minutes.

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Remove from heat, uncover, and let stand until cranberries are warm or cool.

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Meanwhile, cut baguette diagonally into 30 to 36 slices. Lightly brush 1 side of each slice with butter. Set slices, buttered side up, in a 10- by 15-inch pan.

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Mix salt with 1 teaspoon sugar and lightly sprinkle over bread.

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Bake baguette slices in a 325 oven until bread is dry and golden at edges, about 20 minutes. Use warm or cool.

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With a cheese spade or vegetable slicer, cut cheese into thin slices and mound lightly in a dish. Put cranberries, lettuce, and chestnuts in separate small bowls. Arrange baguette slices in a basket.

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