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Christian Gott

My Christmas Cranberry Sauce

5 from 1 vote
I promise you will never go back to cranberry sauce from a shop again once you have tried this.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 3 Jars
Course: Condiments, Main Course
Cuisine: American, English
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gram Cranberries
  • 250 gram Caster Sugar
  • 100 ml Water
  • 100 ml Port
  • 2 Oranges juice and zest
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 3 clean and sterilised jam jars.

Method
 

  1. Wash and drain the cranberries.
  2. Place the cranberries in a large, heavy-bottomed pan with the caster sugar, water, orange juice and zest, and the cinnamon stick and bring to a gentle simmer.
  3. After ten minutes when the cranberries begin to soften and start to burst open carefully mash with the back of a fork to let out all the pectin.
  4. Add in the port, stir and cook on a gentle heat for ten more minutes or until the sauce has reduced by a third.
  5. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool a little. Remove the cinnamon stick.
  6. Carefully ladle into warm, dry, sterilised jars and seal.

Notes

You can omit the port if you wish and replace with water.

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