never use canned again... Growing up, one of my Thanksgiving Day duties was to use the can opener and open both ends of the jelled cranberry sauce and tap lightly until this ruby red jelled log plopped onto the plate below. Then I'd oh, so, decoratively cut this log into little half moon slices. And each Thanksgiving, only my mother would take a slice of the wiggly condiment.
Making your own cranberry sauce from scratch is so quick and easy I can't imagine every turning to the canned variety again. Plus, the taste!! The sweet, tangy, inviting taste will completely complement your turkey. This year's sauce will even be tastier because the cranberries have come from Ricker Hill, a farm a few towns over in Turner.
Cranberry Sauce1c sugar
1c orange juice
12oz. cranberries
Mix the sugar and orange juice together in a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil, dissolving the sugar. Add the cranberries and simmer for nine minutes. Here's where your personal taste will come into play. If you like whole cranberry style sauce, only stir the sauce a few times, being gentle to not break the cranberries. If you like it smooth and puree-like, sift the mixture through a strainer to remove the skins. Or keep as is and serve it homestyle with the cranberries smooshed, but still left in their entirety in the sauce.
This will keep in the refrigerator for one week.
6 comments:
What a lovely post..beautiful photo..gorgeous! I too make my own cranberry sauce...yours looks lovely..I have never tried it with orange juice ..I will definalety try your version..I use wine in mine! Great post!
Actually my husband always makes the cranberry sauce (he knows how easy it is - ha)! AGAIN, what beautiful photos. I just love that little bird sculpture - I was eying something similar on eBay. You are making me sooo hungry!
I love that you added orange to this dish. I love homemade cranberry sauce. Remember that weird sucking noise the cranberry sauce used to make coming out of the can? Scary. Definitely time to boil some berries.
thanks everyone! the orange juice is what sells the sauce to me. the sweetness of the orange balances the tartness of the cranberry.
and isn't that birdie cute? i may be on the fringe of a slight bird fetish, but i'm fine with that.
Thank you for this! I am making cranberry cinnamon rolls this week and I have been looking for a Cranberry sauce recipe! You are now on my RSS
Allison, I just tried your cranberry sauce recipe for Christmas dinner, and it was wonderful. As an alternative to smooshing or strainint the cooked sauce, I just dumped it all in the food processor and pureed it for a minute or so. I will definitely make this again; no more canned sauce for me. -Jean
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