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cranberry sauce with orange and cranberries on a plaid napkin

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Orange

This recipe is a slight twist on regular cranberry sauce, with reduced sugar and added orange juice and zest.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries washed (about 340g)
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 1 cup orange juice

Instructions

  1. In a small, heavy bottomed saucepan, combine all of the ingredients.

  2. Cook over medium heat until them mixture comes to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until the cranberries have burst and the sauce thickens (about 15-20 minutes). Remove from heat.

  3. Pour into a heat-proof bowl or container and refrigerate until use. Serve cold.

Recipe Notes

Tip: Don't cover your pot with a lid for this whole process. Cranberries tend to bubble up a lot while they are cooking, and it's a pretty common problem to have the sauce boil over! Prevent this by keeping the lid off until the sauce is done.