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Cranberry sauce in a glass jar with a slice of clementine, two cinnamon sticks and fresh cranberries on the side served on a piece of black slate
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Cranberry Sauce

Our homemade cranberry sauce recipe is so quick and easy to make and tastes delicious.
It's a delicious fruity condiment that will add some sweetness to your Christmas meal or Thanksgiving dinner.
We show you how to make the cranberry sauce with sugar for sweetness; a citrus twist from clementine or orange zest and juice and a bit of spice from a cinnamon stick.
Perfect with Roast Turkey, use as a glaze on meat or add a bit of sweetness to your sandwich!
Prep Time2 minutes
Active Time13 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Condiment, Side Dish
Cuisine: British
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Yield: 1 Large Jar
Calories: 522kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Ingredients

  • 1 Clementine Zest and Juice
  • 100 grams Granulated White Sugar
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick or ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 75 ml water
  • 200 gram Cranberries Frozen or Fresh

Optional extras

  • 1 tbsp Port
  • Agave or Honey
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Zest clementine into a saucepan, then cut and add the juice too.
    If using port add it now too.
    1 Clementine, 1 tbsp Port
    Grating clementine zest into a silver cooking pot by hands
  • Add sugar and water.
    100 grams Granulated White Sugar, 75 ml water
    Pouring water on top of sugar, clementine juice and clementine zest in a silver cooking pot
  • Add a stick of cinnamon
    Heat over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved.
    1 Cinnamon Stick
    cinnamon stick sitting in a silver pot with sugar, water ,clementine juice and zest
  • Add the cranberries, bring to a boil then cook uncovered on medium heat, stirring occasionally.
    200 gram Cranberries
    Cranberries, water, clementine zest and a cinnamon stick in a silver pot
  • Should take about 12 minutes for the cranberries skin to burst
    Cranberries, water, clementine zest and a cinnamon stick boiling in a silver pot
  • Push with the back of a spoon to help melt it down to your chosen texture. See notes below about texture.
    Stirring the cranberry sauce together in a silver pot with a black spoon
  • Time to test it, if you want it sweeter, you can stir in honey or agave
    Agave or Honey
    Cranberry sauce on a black spoon
  • Can be served warm or cold.
    Picking up cranberry sauce with a teaspoon from a glass jar filled with cranberry sauce with a slice of clementine, two cinnamon sticks and fresh cranberries on the side served on a piece of black slate

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Notes

Cranberry Sauce Texture
Once the cranberries are soft, use the back of a spoon to squish them into your desired texture.
You can leave them whole or mash them more so that they look like jam.
Or you can blend the cranberries with a stick blender until it is smooth and then strain it with a sieve to make it a jellied cranberry sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 136g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 318mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 115g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Vitamin C: 63mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 1mg