Cranberry Sauce is the sweet and sour sauce that requires the least ingredients and the most amazing sauce I have ever tried, a perfect 🤩 springtime favorite 😍 sauce for me and my kids. I love the color, the texture, and almost everything about it. I am showing the very easy way to cook this sauce at home and to enjoy it with like funnel cakes, ice-creams, regular cakes, slices of bread, and other things that you like.

Cranberry Sauce #YOUTUBE

Ingredients we need to prepare this sauce at home are

Cranberry’s (fresh) Net wt 12 OZ. ( 340 gm )
Bay leaves 2
Water 4 cups
Sugar 1 cup
Orange 1 (fresh and sweet)
Lemon juice 2 teaspoons
Nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon
Salt 1/4 teaspoon

Short Summary to prepare cranberry sauce at home.

Clean and wash the cranberries thoroughly under running water 💦 . Discard the berries that are too soft or rotten. Into a saucepan heat water along with 2 bay leaves 🍃 for a nice aroma. You may use some other spices if you like, but make sure to discard them once the sauce is being cooked completely.

Once the water gets warm enough add washed and cleaned cranberries into it. Let these cook and simmer in low to medium flame 🔥

After about 10 minutes of cooking, it starts to boil and the berries start to pop up and burst 💥 And it’s really cute to watch these burst and melt and mix into the water and gets softened. Well, at this point add 1 orange. Peel and chop the orange nicely, and add to the boiling cranberries. I’m keeping a few peels on to get a stronger orange flavor into the sauce because I personally like it. But you may skip adding the oranges at all or you may just add orange juice instead. Also, squeeze out some lemon juice into it and mix. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and give it a mix. Then add 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt and mix. Continue to cook in slow flame until it gets sticky, thick saucy consistency.

It took me around 40 to 50 minutes to get these completely softened and mushy. At this point, these should be easy to smush with a spoon or a spatula. You may also grind these once cooled completely If you like a smooth texture. Enjoy these as a topping on top of your favorite desserts or the way you like.

Store these in a sterilized jar if not used immediately.

Step by step method along with the images shown below ⬇️

Clean and wash the cranberries thoroughly under running water 💦 . Discard the berries that are too soft or rotten.

Into a saucepan heat water along with 2 bay leaves 🍃 for a nice aroma. You may use some other spices if you like, but make sure to discard them once the sauce is being cooked completely.

Once the water gets warm enough add washed and cleaned cranberries into it. Let these cook and simmer in low to medium flame 🔥

After about 10 minutes of cooking, it starts to boil and the berries start to pop up and burst 💥 And it’s really cute to watch these burst and melt and mix into the water and gets softened.

Well, at this point add 1 orange. Peel and chop the orange nicely, and add to the boiling cranberries. I’m keeping a few peels on to get a stronger orange flavor into the sauce because I personally like it. But you may skip adding the oranges at all or you may just add orange juice instead. Also, squeeze out some lemon juice into it and mix. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and give it a mix.

Then add 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt and mix. Continue to cook in slow flame until it gets sticky, thick saucy consistency.

It took me around 40 to 50 minutes to get these completely softened and mushy. At this point, these should be easy to smush with a spoon or a spatula.

You may also grind these once cooled completely If you like a smooth texture. Enjoy these as a topping on top of your favorite desserts or the way you like.

Store these in a sterilized jar if not used immediately.

What variations you can do to prepare this delicious cranberry sauce at home ?

You may add orange or apple juice instead of using a whole orange. Or you may completely skip adding these.
If not using the sauce immediately store this in an sterilized and air tight jar and keep refrigerator.
You may also add any other whole spices if you want like cinamon, ginger etc.
If you grind this mixture it turns out into a smooth consistency. Or you may enjoy the way it was before grinding.

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Cranberry Sauce

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Once the water gets warm enough add washed and cleaned cranberries into it. Let these cook and simmer in low to medium flame 🔥

After about 10 minutes of cooking, it starts to boil and the berries start to pop up and burst 💥 And it’s really cute to watch these burst and melt and mix into the water and gets softened. Well, at this point add 1 orange. Peel and chop the orange nicely, and add to the boiling cranberries. I'm keeping a few peels on to get a stronger orange flavor into the sauce because I personally like it. But you may skip adding the oranges at all or you may just add orange juice instead. Also, squeeze out some lemon juice into it and mix. Next, add 1 cup of sugar and give it a mix. Then add 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt and mix. Continue to cook in slow flame until it gets sticky, thick saucy consistency.

Store these in a sterilized jar if not used immediately.

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Cook Time 45

Course Sauces

Cuisine American

Servings 4