How to Cook Tasty Cranberry Sauce

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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 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 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cranberry Sauce

  1. It's 12 oz of cranberries, fresh or frozen.
  2. It's 3/4 cup of water.
  3. It's 1 cup of sugar.
  4. It's 1 tbsp of orange zest.
  5. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
  6. It's 2 tbsp of orange liquor (Triple Sec, Grand Marnier).

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

  1. Bring water, sugar, salt, and zest to boil over high heat in a small, non-reactive saucepan..
  2. Add cranberries. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium..
  3. Simmer ~ 5 minutes until saucy and thickened, and about 2/3 of the cranberries have popped..
  4. Off heat, stir in liquor. Cool to room temperature before serving. Can be refrigerated for up to 5 days..

In a medium pot, combine the cranberries, sugar and water. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Reduce to a simmer and add the cinnamon stick, allspice and nutmeg. Cranberry sauce recipes from Ocean Spray® are perfect for everyday dishes & special occasions. In a small saucepan over low heat, combine sugar and water until sugar dissolves.