Makes about 5 cups
• 1½ cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups clean, picked-over cranberries
• 1 medium-sized navel orange
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• dash of cinnamon
• dash of cloves
• crushed seeds from 4 cardamom pods
1. Combine 1 cup of the water and the sugar in a medium-sized saucepan and heat until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cranberries and simmer them, covered, for 10 minutes, then uncovered for another 10, stirring occasionally.
2. Cut the unpeeled orange into chunks and put it through a food grinder or chop it finely. Add ½ cup water to the cranberries along with the ground-up orange, the ginger, cinnamon, and crushed cardamon seeds. Simmer the mixture for about 20 minutes, stirring often. Chill the relish before serving.
