Name: Cranberry Sauce with Vanilla Bean and Cardamom
Yield: Makes about 2 1/4 cups
Ingredients: Basic cranberry sauce; 1/4 teaspoon cardamom seeds, lightly crushed, from green cardamom pods; 1 vanilla bean

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

Basic cranberry sauce

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

1 vanilla bean

Preparation

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.