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Best Cranberry Sauce Ever Recipe

By suedottin
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 20 minutes | Active Time: | Makes: 3 cups

This never fails to be “the best cranberry sauce I’ve ever tasted”. Don’t trust me, just try it!

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 large Navel Orange zested and cut in 1" chunks (including peel)
  • 3/4 stick of butter
  • 1 lb. bag fresh cranberry
  • Approx. 3/4 bottle of Burgundy
  • Sugar to taste (1/2 to 3/4 cup)
  • 1/4 tsp. Allspice
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
  • 1 Tbl.. Lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 oz. cognac
  • 1 16 oz. can cherry pie filling
  • 1 16 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 2 Tbl. cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water (slurry)
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Sautee orange with zest cut into 1" chunks (including peel) in butter for 2 minutes,
  2. add fresh cranberry and cover with burgundy wine,
  3. add sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring til cranberries are about 1/2 liquid,
  4. add all other ingredients except slurry and cook til desired consistency.
  5. Add additional sugar or cognac to taste.
  6. Add cornstarch to thicken if needed.

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  • 1 stick butter equals what? Our butter comes in 1 lb. chunks or in 4 1/4 pound sticks. .So one stick is 1/4 pound? Please clarify by providing either measurement or weight. thanks

  • The cherry pie filling & canned cranberrry sauce cuts down on the amount of sugar you would need. When I make it with frozen rasberries I need to use a lot more sugar. The port sounds interesting but the burgundy is cheeper. I usually make this in large quantities for gifts and I need to cut down on cost. But all fresh cranberries works great too. Thanks for the tip.

  • cherry pie filling and canned cranberry sauce?? if you're making it from scratch, why would you add these........keep it simple. I recommend port instead of the burgundy.

  • Thank you guys for the help to get it typed out correctly, I really do appreciate it. I think I've got it straight now, just don't have the swing of typing the recipie in without spell check. But I promise, it tastes better than I can type it!

  • Also, is it two separate additions of a 3/4 stick of butter or is that another typo?

  • If there is burgundy wine and orange (juice, peel?) to be added you should add that to the list of ingredients.

    Just FYI: Burgundy has no A - Cognac has a G

  • Just 1 1lb. bag of fresh cranberries

  • I that two 1 lb. bags of fresh cranberries? HUH?