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Leftover Cranberry Sauce Vinaigrette

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on July 22, 2011

Time

7 minutes

Yield

Serves 16 (Makes about 1 cup)

Leftover Cranberry Sauce Vinaigrette

Ingredients

1 minced shallot 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard ¼ cup red wine vinegar ⅓ cup olive oil ½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Before You Begin

Fresh and frozen cranberries work equally well. If you are using frozen, add one to two minutes to the cooking time.

Instructions

  1. Whisk shallot, mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil into leftover cranberry sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
Leftover Cranberry Sauce Vinaigrette

Leftover Cranberry Sauce Vinaigrette

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Time

7 minutes

Yield

Serves 16 (Makes about 1 cup)

Ingredients

1 minced shallot
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
¼ cup red wine vinegar
⅓ cup olive oil
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

1 minced shallot
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
¼ cup red wine vinegar
⅓ cup olive oil
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

1 minced shallot
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
¼ cup red wine vinegar
⅓ cup olive oil
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Why This Recipe Works

With a little doctoring, we turned our recipe for Basic Cranberry Sauce into a versatile Cranberry Vinaigrette.

The standard back-of-the-bag cranberry sauce recipe was a little soupy. Cranberries contain a lot of water, and cutting down on the additional liquid yields the ideal consistency. We found frozen cranberries worked equally well as fresh, but we needed to increase the cooking time slightly. Leaving the cranberry sauce for our Cranberry Vinaigrette Sauce on the stove for too long left us with a mushy red mash, so it was important to keep a close eye on it as it cooked.

Before You Begin

Fresh and frozen cranberries work equally well. If you are using frozen, add one to two minutes to the cooking time.

Instructions

  1. Whisk shallot, mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil into leftover cranberry sauce. Season with salt and pepper.

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