I have been trying out various side dishes and condiments with Thanksgiving in mind. Lately, I've been trying out cranberry sauce recipes. If you follow my blog, you know my dear sweet Hubby is a "purist" when it comes to a lot of foods. Actually, that just means he is very picky eater and doesn't like a lot of "extras" in what he eats. This simple cranberry sauce really fills that bill; he loves it and has asked me to stock up on cranberries for the freezer, with this recipe in mind.
Three Simple Ingredients:
12 ounces fresh cranberries
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pineapple juice (or orange juice)
Wash and sort the berries, and put all ingredients into a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Bring to a boil, then turn heat to a medium simmer and cook the berries (stirring berries about once a minute) for 20 minutes. When they first start to boil, the berries will actually pop, so cover the boiling berries with a splatter screen to reduce any mess.
If you like whole berry cranberry sauce, just pour it into a bowl and chill for a few hours For Picky-picky Hubby, I press the sauce through a strainer to remove the berry skins. Sauce will thicken as it cools.
NOTE: I am not usually a cranberry sauce fan, but I found this to be excellent.
UPDATE: Since I posted this, I've discovered that using half white sugar and half brown sugar is a fantastic addition.
Three Simple Ingredients:12 ounces fresh cranberries
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pineapple juice (or orange juice)
Wash and sort the berries, and put all ingredients into a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Bring to a boil, then turn heat to a medium simmer and cook the berries (stirring berries about once a minute) for 20 minutes. When they first start to boil, the berries will actually pop, so cover the boiling berries with a splatter screen to reduce any mess. If you like whole berry cranberry sauce, just pour it into a bowl and chill for a few hours For Picky-picky Hubby, I press the sauce through a strainer to remove the berry skins. Sauce will thicken as it cools.
NOTE: I am not usually a cranberry sauce fan, but I found this to be excellent. UPDATE: Since I posted this, I've discovered that using half white sugar and half brown sugar is a fantastic addition.
12 comments:
OOOO! You're getting me excited about next month!
Coleen, I love love love cranberries! I've been waiting for turkey prices to come down before I make a great crockpot recipe where you add a can of cranberry sauce, a packet of dry onion soup, 1/2 c. oj, salt and pepper to a turkey breast and cook on low for 6-8 hours. So delish! I bet it would be even better with some homemade sauce and with pineapple juice. I can't wait to try.
Hmmmm, pineapple juice sounds like an interesting addition.
Happy Friday, Coleen!
~ingrid
I love homemade cranberry sauce and make my own every year. It's just not Thanksgiving without it. The pineapple juice in yours sounds like a good addition.
I can`t wait for Christmas ♥
I've never made homemade cranberry sauce before and this sounds simple enough and delicious!!!
It's almost the season! The pineapple juice sounds interesting and delicious.
I like the consistency of this and the pineapple juice addition. I'll have to give this a whirl.
The thing about cranberry sauce is that it takes so much sugar. I make mine with apple juice concentrate and stevia and it's really good.
We love cranberry sauce around here. It's not just for turkey! I serve it with my pork roasts too.
Did you know you can actually can it? Here's how I can mine. http://wvtreasures.blogspot.com/2009/12/homemade-cranberry-sauce-get-r-done.html
Yummm..it just isn't Thanksgiving w/o cranberry sauce. This looks delicious, Coleen!
wow everything looks tasty looking forward to reading your blog
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