Wine Spiked Cranberry Cheese Log
By ruthg
Use this succulent, syrupy fruit as a topping for pound cake or ice cream. You can also spoon it over a softened log of goat cheese instead of cream cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 (10-ounce) package fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 1 cup red wine
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 5 fresh sage leaves
- 3 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened
- Assorted crackers
Details
Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from myrecipes.com
Preparation
Step 1
Stir together first 8 ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 to 18 minutes or until about one-fourth of liquid remains. Remove from heat, and cool 20 minutes.
Discard thyme sprigs, sage leaves, and cinnamon stick.
Place cream cheese on a serving platter. Spoon desired amount of cranberry mixture over cream cheese. Serve with crackers.
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