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Spicy Cranberry Mustard

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on July 22, 2011

Time

5 minutes

Yield

Serves 24 (Makes about 1/2 cup)

Spicy Cranberry Mustard

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dry mustard 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons white vinegar 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 dry mustard, Dijon mustard, and white vinegar with leftover cranberry sauce.
Spicy Cranberry Mustard

Spicy Cranberry Mustard

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Time

5 minutes

Yield

Serves 24 (Makes about 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons white vinegar
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons white vinegar
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons white vinegar
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 Spicy Cranberry Mustard.

The standard back-of-the-bag recipe for cranberry sauce 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 Spicy Cranberry Mustard 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 dry mustard, Dijon mustard, and white vinegar with leftover cranberry sauce.

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