Cranberry Sauce. I wanted a brighter-tasting cranberry sauce instead of one that had just a sweet note of sugar. Using lemonade concentrate made it easy and the ginger was perfect with the tart cranberries. Adding lemon peel would be good with this also, and this is wonderful served on top of turkey soup!
Cranberry sauce is high in acid, sugar, AND antioxidants.
As long as you're not double-dipping, it'll keep in the refrigerator, tightly covered, for up to a month, or even longer.
Or freeze for up to a year.
You can cook Cranberry Sauce using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Cranberry Sauce
- Prepare 1 bag of fresh cranberries (about 12oz).
- It's 2/3 cup of sugar.
- It's of juice of 1 orange + water to equal 1 cup.
- Prepare of zest of 1 orange.
- You need 1/2 cup of toasted walnuts, chopped.
When it doubt, pitch it, but do know leftover cranberry sauce is ace in recipes. 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.
Cranberry Sauce instructions
- In large sauce pot add berries, sugar, liquid, and zest.
- Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Cook for 8-12 minutes.
- Pour into ceramic serving dish, cool completely.
- Add walnuts around the edge as garnish.
- Cover and refrigerate over night.
- This is a great side dish, but can also be served as jam the next morning on leftover rolls or as a spread in your leftover turkey sandwiches (add a little horseradish to the sandwich spread).
Cranberry sauce recipes from Ocean Spray® are perfect for everyday dishes & special occasions. Thanksgiving is almost here and I am running around like a crazy person making sure everything is ready to go! The turkey, the gravy, the potatoes, it's all part of the "perfect" Thanksgiving meal. One recipe that I feel often gets overlooked is the cranberry sauce. Cranberry Sauce is the perfect complement to every turkey dinner.