Whose Side Are You On Cranberry Sauce?

Name: Whose Side Are You On Cranberry Sauce?
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 pkg fresh cranberries, 12 oz each; 2 apples; 2 pears; 1 lemon; 1 c sugar; 1/2 c orange juice, fresh

By KC Quaretti-Lee
@KCintheKitchen

The great cranberry debate; canned or homemade? Well I grew up with my grandmothers, aunts and my mother opening a can of cranberry sauce. It always came out of the can with the ridges intact and went to the table exactly that way. Now I will admit as a kid, it was one of the few things I liked at Thanksgiving; the sweet yet tangy flavor and the smooth consistency was a delight to the senses!
When I started cooking myself one of the first holiday meals I tackles was Thanksgiving and the cranberry sauce was my highest priority to investigate and make my own. Over the years I have developed this easy cranberry sauce that is a continual crowd pleaser and has made its way into a specialty dessert of mine; Lemon cranberry Cake.

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I love fresh homemade cranberry sauce! I really liked the addition of apples and pears in this recipe - they added another layer of great flavor. This sauce is on the tart side and a nice alternative to a sweeter sauce. Test Kitchen Avatar The Test Kitchen

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Serves:

Prep:

10 Min

Cook:

45 Min

Method:

Stove Top

Ingredients

2 pkg

fresh cranberries, 12 oz each
2

apples
2

pears
1

lemon
1 c

sugar
1/2 c

orange juice, fresh
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How to Make Whose Side Are You On Cranberry Sauce?

Step-by-Step

Rinse and pick over the cranberries to make sure you don’t have any bad ones.
Peel, core and chop the apples and pears.
Finely grate the lemon peel and then juice the lemon.
Place all the ingredients in a large enamel pot and cook over low/medium heat for about 45 minutes stirring every few minutes. The berries will pop and the sauce will thicken slightly.
Remove from the heat and chill. The sauce will be very thick when chilled.
That's it, that’s all you have to do to make a super delicious homemade cranberry sauce!

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About Whose Side Are You On Cranberry Sauce?

Course/Dish: Fruit Sauces

Main Ingredient: Fruit

Regional Style: American

Dietary Needs: Dairy Free

Collections: Thanksgiving Table Festive Feasts Christmas Recipes

Other Tags: Quick & Easy Healthy

Hashtags: #Thanksgiving #Christmas #sauce #Cranberry #cranberry-sauce

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