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Cranberry Sauce.
Nov. 25th, 2015 10:13 pmEvery year, for the past several years, I have made (generally with the help of one or both girls) fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. I love fresh cranberry sauce and it is ridiculously easy to make.
So far, though, we have never managed to use the same recipe twice in a row. This is mostly because by the time a whole year has rolled around we can't remember what exact recipe we used, nor can we remember if any of the variations have led to a superior tasting cranberry sauce. Depending on the recipe on the bag of cranberries is unreliable. I haven't always purchased the same brand of berries, and sometimes, even with the same brand, the recipe on the package changed from year to year.
That brings us to this year:
12 oz cranberries.
1.5 cups sugar (.5 cup more than last year).
.5 cup orange juice (we've tried orange juice ones before, but with less sugar added).
.5 cup water.
Dissolve sugar in water and orange juice by boiling for 5 mins.
Add sorted and rinsed berries.
Cook, stirring, for 10 mins, then reduce heat and sim w/o stirring for 5 mins.
This year H was sick, so S helped me. I decided to do a better job of record keeping this year, in the hopes of some day settling on a set recipe.
ETA: We decided the recipe was too sweet and we should try only one cup sugar next time (but still do the orange juice).
So far, though, we have never managed to use the same recipe twice in a row. This is mostly because by the time a whole year has rolled around we can't remember what exact recipe we used, nor can we remember if any of the variations have led to a superior tasting cranberry sauce. Depending on the recipe on the bag of cranberries is unreliable. I haven't always purchased the same brand of berries, and sometimes, even with the same brand, the recipe on the package changed from year to year.
That brings us to this year:
12 oz cranberries.
1.5 cups sugar (.5 cup more than last year).
.5 cup orange juice (we've tried orange juice ones before, but with less sugar added).
.5 cup water.
Dissolve sugar in water and orange juice by boiling for 5 mins.
Add sorted and rinsed berries.
Cook, stirring, for 10 mins, then reduce heat and sim w/o stirring for 5 mins.
This year H was sick, so S helped me. I decided to do a better job of record keeping this year, in the hopes of some day settling on a set recipe.
ETA: We decided the recipe was too sweet and we should try only one cup sugar next time (but still do the orange juice).
