Orange Cranberry Sauce

This is an easy recipe with an optional version listed below depending on which ingredients you have in the house. This makes a lot of cranberry sauce, so if you have any leftover, you will definitely want to make these muffins or these muffins.

 

Ingredients:

2 8-ounce packages of cranberries

2 oranges, washed, zested, and juiced

A 1-inch piece of ginger, grated

1/2 cup coconut crystals

1/2 cup red wine

OR: 1/2 cup honey, 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar, and 1 tbsp. organic raw sugar instead of the 1/2 cup coconut crystals and 1/2 cup red wine above.

How To:

Combine all in a medium sized saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer until the sauce is boiled down to the desired consistency, about 15 minutes.

 

 

Comments: I would suggest making this a day or two ahead of time to allow the flavors to reach their maximum potential. This was a sweet and tangy cranberry sauce that I actually preferred on my cheesecake dessert. I plan to use the leftovers to make a bread or pancakes and will post the recipe when I do.

Also, I substituted candied ginger in this version because I had just made the candied ginger and was looking for things to use it in. If you do the same, use a similar sized piece of candied ginger, chopped finely, and you may want to consider lightening up on the sugar a little.

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