Previously I wrote about my favorite cranberry sauce, a recipe from Canadian Living. It is excellent using apple juice as the cooking liquid and spicing up the liquid to impart the sauce with a wonderful rich spicy-orange flavour. Whether you use this recipe to can cranberry sauce for the year, or you are making a single recipe for this Thanksgiving dinner, the principle of spicing things up can apply either way.
It is always necessary to use a liquid in which to cook the cranberries for a sauce. Apple juice, half orange juice and water, or all water. Whatever liquid you use can be spiced up to impart flavour during the cooking process.
Thanksgiving is the time to celebrate the harvest and to give thanks to those who grow our food and to those who prepare our meals. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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Loading...Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 bag cranberries washed
- 1 tsp grated orange peel
- Spice bag: In cheesecloth add 2-inch piece cinnamon, 1 star anise, 3 cloves, 2 cardamon pods or one whole allspice. Tie the cheesecloth around the spices and secure.
Instructions
In a small saucepan, add the spice bag to the water.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add cranberries, grated orange peel and sugar, and bring to a boil.
Boil for about 10 minutes.
Remove spice bag and cool the sauce.
Then refrigerate until ready to use. The addition of spices to the cooking liquid really takes the sauce from good to great!
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