Wishing you, pricey reader, an impressive turkey day…and many turkey with all of the trimmings.
One of many trimmings is usually cranberry sauce. The tart and candy condiment offsets the gentle consolation food flavors of turkey, dressing, mashed and/or candy potatoes and even the creaminess of the inexperienced bean casserole…all pretty conventional Thanksgiving meals.
I grew up with the jellied type within the can and I nonetheless love that model, however this yr I had a bag of contemporary cranberries, an orange, a cinnamon stick and sufficient time to make my very own sauce.
As a result of cranberries carry plenty of pure pectin, making a sauce that thickens up with out further gelatin is straightforward and pretty fast…about 15-20 minutes complete. I checked out quite a lot of recipes on-line, then crafted this one to swimsuit myself. Moreover the contemporary cranberries and the orange, I used water, brown sugar, and bourbon. It is an excellent combination!
Recent Cranberry Sauce with Cinnamon, Brown Sugar and Bourbon
Serves 4-6
1 12-oz bag contemporary cranberries, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons bourbon
1 cinnamon stick
zest of about 1/4 of an orange, zest minimize into lengthy strips
further water as wanted
In a saucepan, place the cranberries, brown sugar, water, bourbon, cinnamon stick, and orange zest strips. Carry to a boil, stirring often, then scale back warmth in order that combination simmers. Proceed to cook dinner, stirring each minute or so, till the berries start to pop. Use a picket spoon or related software to each stir the combination and to push the berries up in opposition to the aspect of the pan to mash them a bit. Proceed till many of the berries are mashed, stirring all of the whereas. Cut back the warmth to the bottom setting and proceed to stir and let the berries cook dinner for about 8-10 minutes, till the combination begins to get thick. Take away the cinnamon stick and the orange zest strips and discard them. Take away the sauce from the warmth and let sit for 10 minutes. If the sauce is simply too thick, add water, a tablespoon at a time till desired thickness. Put right into a bowl or storage container, cowl and refrigerate till prepared to make use of.
Beneath is a photograph of the sauce with our Thanksgiving meal. Not one of the best photograph as a result of it was taken with an overhead mild, not daylight, but it surely provides a way of the meal…which was scrumptious!