Homemade cranberry sauce. In a small saucepan over low heat, combine sugar and water until sugar dissolves. Stir in orange zest and a pinch of salt. The recipe calls for a cup of water.

Absolutely quick and easy to make, I go back to this homemade cranberry sauce year after year after year. The juice is nice and thick, and the flavor is all-cranberry with a hint of sweetness. It's what cranberry sauce was meant to be. You can cook Homemade cranberry sauce using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade cranberry sauce

Prepare 1 1/2 cup of orange juice.
It's 3 cup of fresh cranberries.
Prepare 1 cup of sugar.

Whether you like you cranberry sauce warm or chilled, it can be made a week (or even more) ahead of Thanksgiving. In fact it will taste even better because the flavors will have time to marry in the fridge. Place cranberries, sugar and cranberry-raspberry juice in a large saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. This is my recipe for a very tasty and unique cranberry sauce.

Homemade cranberry sauce instructions

Bring the orange juice to a boil..
Add cranberries and sugar.
Reduce heat to low..
Cook for 1 hour or more until reduced to 1/3 volume. Stirring occasionally to prevent sticking..
Remove from heat and chill until ready to serve..
Enjoy!.

It was this recipe that converted my 'we only want the jellied sauce in can' family into homemade cranberry sauce lovers. This sauce is best if made a day ahead and can be served either warm or cold. (I prefer warm, but my family is partial to cold). When you can't eat another bite of buttery mashed potatoes, hearty bread stuffing or herb-infused turkey, reach for the cranberry sauce! Delightfully tart and tangy, this essential side cuts through all those Thanksgiving flavors giving your palate the refreshing break you never knew you needed. With just a fast five-minute prep time, some fresh or frozen cranberries, a little water, sugar.