Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Make this fresh Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce as shown in this fresh cranberry sauce recipe with real cranberries. Keep reading to see how easy and fast you can make it just fine and surprise everyone. Also, see this homemade holiday fruity side in our Condiments & Flavorings, Sauces & Marinades, Fruit, Holidays, Christmas, & Thanksgiving categories.
Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Whole Cranberries
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup orange juice
- ½ cup water
- 12 oz fresh cranberries
- ⅛ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Rinse fresh cranberries and sort out to discard imperfect berries.12 oz fresh cranberries
- In a small saucepan bring water, sugar, and orange juice to a boil. Add cinnamon and cranberries to boiling mixture. Reduce heat to medium, stirring occasionally, for about 20-30 minutes. As the cranberries cook during the medium boil, they will pop.1 cup sugar, ½ cup orange juice, ½ cup water, ⅛ tsp cinnamon, 12 oz fresh cranberries
- When the majority of the cranberries appear to have "popped", i.e., they are all very soft, turn off the heat. The sauce will thicken as it cools for the next 1 hour.
- Transfer into serving bowl and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours, or until it has set.
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Introduction To Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
This is the modernized, easier way to make a classic whole berry cranberry sauce. Because of this, there are no added messy steps like using cheesecloths.
Making Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Making fresh cranberry sauce recipe steps are very easy. You use simple ingredients and quick steps to cook it.
Ingredients for Making Cranberry Sauce Recipe
The ingredients of making this homemade whole berry cranberry sauce recipe starts with real cranberries, like OceanSpray. We usually get a standard 12 oz. bag of them from either produce or the frozen foods section.
After that, it’s just water, sugar, cinnamon, and some (optional) orange juice.
Cooking Cranberry Sauce from Whole Cranberries
Now, with all the ingredients, you’re ready to cook them for about 20-30 minutes in a pot. When, done, it’s time to store it for cooling down.
Storing in Fridge or Freezer
After cooking, just put the cranberry sauce in a food storage container for the fridge. It’s ready to serve in about 2 hours. Or, after it’s cooled down a bit, you can also choose to freeze it for much later usage.
Ways To Use Cranberry Sauce
There are a lot of things cranberry sauce is used for. Most are familiar with it as a side dish for turkey or ham on Thanksgiving or Christmas. but, here’s a list of some of the things it’s used for.
- popularly served as a small fruity side dish
- also served as a condiment for applying to turkey slices or stuffing
- used as a ham glaze
- mixing into a breading and stuffing a turkey before baking
- combined into a stuffing casserole for extra flavor and then baked
- folded into a muffin mix for a fruity muffin
- added into the batter of a coffee cake
Also, here are some great Ways to Use Leftover Cranberry Sauce.
Serving This Fruity Side Dish
You can serve this in any small serving dish or bowl with any popular main course. However, this whole berry cranberry sauce with real fruit goes best with Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holiday main courses like ham or oven roasted turkey or turkey breast on the grill.
Nutrition of Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Overall, there are about 100 calories per homemade serving. Also, other nutritional values are seen in the <Print Recipe> option. Finally, learn about Cranberries and their health benefits from Wikipedia.
Comparing Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
After making this fresh cranberry sauce from scratch, you’ll find it’s a far better taste and texture than canned or jellied. Also, you’ll see that making it homemade is super easy and quicker than what most realize. Here are the leading top 2 canned brands of each kind.
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Conclusion of Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Now you’ve seen how easy it is to make the best whole berry cranberry sauce. It’s just a matter of bringing the liquids to a boil and then tossing in the rest of the ingredients to cook a bit. Cooled it down for a couple of hours and served it. You also saw about storing and freezing. And you read about it’s also used as a glaze or an added item in a lot of different things, great for leftovers. Make it now so you can freeze it ahead of time and surprise everyone!
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