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Cranberry Sauce with Vanilla Bean and Cardamom

4.0

(10)

Fresh cardamom and vanilla seeds make for a version that's both sweet and sultry.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 2 1/4 cups

Ingredients

1/4 teaspoon cardamom seeds, lightly crushed, from green cardamom pods
1 vanilla bean

Preparation

  1. Combine all ingredients for basic cranberry sauce in heavy medium saucepan. Add cardamom. Split vanilla bean lengthwise in half; scrape seeds into cranberry mixture and add bean. Cook, cool, and store mixture as directed for basic cranberry sauce. Remove bean before serving.

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