Saturday, December 5, 2009

Domestic Diva: homemade cranberry sauce


This recipe is hardly complicated, but it just baffles me how many people rely on canned cranberries for Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. True, I have many recipes that use canned cranberries - either jelled or whole - as an ingredient...but eating the canned goo as a side dish? Ew! Take five minutes and try this for yourself - I promise, it's worth it!

Whole Cranberry Sauce

Serve this special sauce as a festive accompaniment to turkey, ham or chicken.

1 cup water

One bag fresh cranberries (usually 12-16 ounces)

1 cup sugar

In a saucepan, boil water and sugar for 5 minutes, stirring until sugar dissolves.

Add washed cranberries; reduce heat and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, without stirring. Cool to set; store in refrigerator.

(There, isn't that much better than the canned stuff? We think you'll love it, too!)

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