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One of my favorite items during the holidays is the cranberry jelly that is served during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It's something engraved in my childhood memory, and either of those dinners or holiday season without some sort of cranberries is a dismal day indeed in my eyes. Lucky for me, I found just how easily the homemade stuff is, and how much better it tastes with much less ingredients!
Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12oz fresh cranberries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- zest of half an orange
- 2 tsp corn starch
Directions:
1. In a 2qt saucepan, add the water and sugar over medium heat, stirring to dissolve. Let this come up to a simmer for about a minute.
2. Add the cranberries, cinnamon stick, and orange zest to the pan, stirring to allow all the cranberries to be coated in the the syrup. Mix the cornstarch and a small splash of water together until there are no lumps and then add to the pan. Let the contents come back to a simmer for about 5 minutes (the mixture will pop and bubble, so be careful and be ready to clean off your stove top after this is all done).
3. After cranberry mixture has cooked down some and becomes a bit thicker, remove from heat and discard cinnamon sticks (careful with your fingers, the sauce is still pretty hot right now, if you cant find the stick now, it's no worry).
4. Pour the mixture into a storing container and let rest on the counter for about 10 minutes, stirring a few times to help cool the sauce down. Cover and let chill the rest in the fridge for at least 3 hours to set.
Great for the holidays, this treat is easy enough that it can be made anytime during the year and it'll be just as delicious then. Also, since this is such a basic recipe, it's easy to build off on top of it and add other spices and ingredients that can make your dinners pop even more. Add cloves, bay leaves, other citrus, substitute the granulated sugar with brown sugar, or the water with an alcohol like wine or rum, etc; just make sure to remove any spices and flavoring pieces that you wont be wanting to chomp down on later!
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That is really cool, Id love to be able to go and see the bogs and how they harvest it all!
Using it for layers in leftovers sandwiches are the best, compliments everything perfectly
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Cranberry sauce that's not in the shape of a can! Looks delicious; I love cranberry sauce on everything during the holidays =3
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Ive always enjoyed the canned version, but this gives new light compared to the commercial products =p
and for about the same price, you get double the amount!
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My mom made homemade cranberry sauce a few times, but one thing that always put me off compared to the can stuff was the orange zest. Just didn't seem right. If I were to make it myself, I might skip on that part or at least keep it to a minimum.
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That's the wonderful thing about cooking, if you dont like something in there, dont have to put it in! The zest really just gives it a bit of a lighter flavor and adds a bit of citrus scent and taste to the dish.
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The recipes I use for this have me add tapioca rather than cornstarch. Fun fact: I live in Ocean Spray country! I have kayaked near their bogs, our main road is called The Cranberry Highway and our town power plant was originally built by the company to avoid dealing with National Grid (they sold it to the town later).
Ever since I moved to New England, I started making leftovers sandwiches using layers of turkey, stuffing, lettuce and cranberry relish with mayo. I even crave them in the summer.