| Serves | 6 |
| Preparation Time | 20 minutes |
| Cooking Time | 30 minutes |
Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry sauce is a sauce or relish made out of cranberries, commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner in North America and Christmas dinner in the United Kingdom and Australia. There are differences in flavour depending on the geography of where the sauce is made: in Europe it is generally slightly sour-tasting, while in North America it is sweetened. Cranberry sauce is commonly used on top of stuffing on Thanksgiving.The most basic cranberry sauce consists of cranberries boiled in sugar water until the berries pop and the mixture thickens. Some recipes include other ingredients such as slivered almonds, orange juice, zest, ginger, maple syrup, or cinnamon.
Ingredients
- 375g fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 orange, peeled and pureed
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
Method
- In a medium saucepan, boil water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
- Reduce the heat to simmer, and stir in cranberries, pureed orange, apple, pear, pecans, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries burst.
- Remove from heat, and let cool to room temperature.
