Cranberry Sauce with with Warm Spices and Orange Zest
Cranberry sauce is so easy to make and much better when you can add a few special ingredients to the recipe. This is my favorite version with warm spices and orange zest.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Cranberries, Fruit, Jam, Sauce
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
12 ozfresh cranberries
1cupsugar
1cupwater
1star anise pod
1cinnamon stick
3slicesorange peel
ΒΌtspkosher salt
Instructions
In a medium pot, add all of the ingredients. Heat over medium-high heat until the mixture comes to a boil.
Lower the temperature slightly to a hard simmer. Let simmer for about 10 minutes until most of the cranberries burst and the sauce gets thick.
Remove from heat. Remove the aromatics from the cranberry sauce and discard.
Store cranberry sauce in an air tight container and cool down in the refrigerator. Cranberry sauce will be good for about a week.
Notes
Feel free to make this recipe your own by adding your own favorite aromatics. I think a few slices of ginger would be nice or a couple of cloves. Lemon peel might be tasty too!