Cranberry-kumquat relish - country living

5 cups

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¾cupHoney
24-inch cinnamon sticks
2tablespoonsSlivered crystallized ginger
1cupSliced seeded fresh kumquats
1pack(12-oz) cranberries, picked over
1can30-oz pear halves, drained and each cut lengthwise in half
1tablespoonLemon juice

Directions

1. In 4-quart saucepan, heat honey, cinnamon sticks, and ginger to boiling. Add kumquats and simmer just until softened. With slotted spoon, remove kumquats and cinnamon to small bowl. Discard cinnamon sticks.

2. Add cranberries to honey mixture remaining in saucepan. Cook berries just until they begin to burst. Remove berries from heat.

Stir in pears and lemon juice; cool.

3. Stir kumquats into cranberry mixture and spoon relish into jars.

Seal and store relish in the refrigerator, Country Living/Dec/90 Scanned & fixed by DP and GG