Cooking Cranberries For Sauce Recipes

CLASSIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the cranberries, sugar, 1 1/2 cups water and the lemon and orange zest and juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the cranberries burst and the sauce thickens, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer the cranberry sauce to a bowl and refrigerate until cold and thickened but still saucy, at least 4 hours and up to 1 week.

CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium sized saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the sugar in the orange juice. Stir in the cranberries and cook until the cranberries start to pop (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat and place sauce in a bowl. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.

FRESH CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add sugar and cook until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Mix cranberries into the sugar water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until desired consistency is reached, about 10 minutes.

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl.
• Add sugar, orange or lemon zest, and water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries.
• Add sugar, salt, and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

CLASSIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put all but 1 cup cranberries in a saucepan. Remove wide strips of zest from 1 orange with a peeler; add to the saucepan with the juice of both oranges (about 1/2 cup). Add the sugar, coriander, a pinch of salt and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until the berries burst and the sauce thickens, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining 1 cup cranberries; cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool; remove the orange zest. Transfer to a serving dish and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

BASIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil sugar and water together for 5 minutes.
• Add cranberries and boil, without stirring, till skins pop, approximately 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool.

FAVORITE CRANBERRY SAUCE EXTRAORDINAIRE

Steps:

• Combine orange juice and both sugars in a saucepan over medium heat and allow the sugar to melt down. Add cranberries, 3/4 of the orange zest, and crystallized ginger.
• Cook sauce, mashing down berries, over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toast pecans in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
• Stir cinnamon and chopped pecans into the cranberry sauce until well combined. Transfer cranberry sauce to a serving dish and top with remaining orange zest.

EASY CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Spread cranberries in shallow dish so that they are not too thick.
• Sprinkle sugar over them.
• Cover.
• Place in oven at 350 degrees until all are popped open.
• Remove from oven, mix with marmalade and lemon juice to taste. Refrigerate. ( you could add some nutmeg and cinnamon to this)

GRAPEFRUIT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine juices, sugar and allspice in pot over medium heat till sugar is dissolved.
• Add lemon zest and cranberries.
• Simmer till cranberries pop. (sometimes the harder berries don't want to pop so I'll give them a helping hand with side of wooden spoon just before I'm ready to take off stove.).
• Stir frequently so sugars don't scald and burn in bottom of pot.
• When all the berries are popped and sauce is nice and thick remove from heat and cool.
• Refrigerate in nonreactive sealed container when cool.
• Can be served hot or cold.
• If you are canning them you need to keep them hot during the canning process. Refer to any canning cookbook for proper canning techniques.

CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in a med sauce pan.
• Bring to boil; simmer until berries pop.
• Chill until ready to serve.