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The Best Orange Cranberry Sauce Ever!!

December 1, 2014

Super easy Orange Cranberry Sauce that will dazzle your Holiday Guests  l  www.lorisculinarycreations.com


It’s hard to believe it’s already December 1st!  Where did the year go? The holiday season is in full swing and Christmas is just weeks away!!  So how was your Thanksgiving? Did you cook, go out, do a potluck? For us, since this was the first Thanksgiving at the new house, we decided to host the event. Quite the undertaking since we’re still living in boxes and have had quite the past few months. It was a gathering of nine total with some family & some friends, most of which did not even know one another. We were so blessed to have a small gathering of wonderful people.

Since we hosted, we cooked. Now, at my old place I wouldn’t have even considered it since it was so small, however in the new house I have a kitchen big enough to tackle this and I was up for the challenge. On the menu were ham from Honeybaked Ham (OK, so I cheated a bit there), my famous green bean casserole, stuffin’, sweet potato casserole and my first attempt at homemade cranberry sauce. At least that was the plan. After dinner during clean up, I realized I never took the sauce out of the fridge. Who does that? I was so proud of how it came out and no one got to eat any of it. UGH!

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Orange Cranberry Sauce

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Orange Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

  • juice of one medium orange
  • zest of one medium orange
  • 1/3 cup sugar (more if you want it sweeter)
  • 3/4 cups water
  • 1 12 oz bag fresh cranberries

Directions

Step 1
In a medium saucepan, add orange juice, zest, sugar and water. Cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved
Step 2
Add cranberries and bring the pot to a boil. Boil about 30 seconds, then reduce the heat to simmer. Simmer 15 minutes until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool before serving by refrigerating 1-2 hours or overnight.
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Some people told me cranberry only goes with turkey, not ham, during the holidays but I beg to differ. I think it’s wonderful all year round and is an excellent accompaniment to any main dish. What do you think? How and when do you like to eat your cranberry sauce? I can eat it out of the container with just a spoon, but it’s great other ways as well. Hubby took this and spread it on toast like he does with jelly.  One of my favorite ways to eat cranberry is on top of fat free cottage cheese. I like the flavor combination of the two together and have even turned a co worker onto my creation.  Hubby thinks it’s gross and won’t even try it. Oh well, more for me I guess.

I really liked the flavor of this and letting it sit overnight in the fridge really helped marry the flavors together. And it was so easy!! My Thanksgiving guests missed out this time but Christmas is just around the corner so I’ll have to make it again only this time, I’ll make a double batch. And remember to serve it.

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  1. Lorraine says

    December 7, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    This is awesome cranberry sauce! I started with a similar recipe 10 years ago & I keep changing it. I added chopped apples & a pinch of cinnamon. This year i left out the cinnamon & swapped a can of crushed pineapple for the apples. I got the most raves with this one, & it was fantastic with ham!!!

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    • Lori Hart says

      December 8, 2014 at 9:43 am

      Oooohhh…. I love your variation of the recipe. I have to try this! Thanks for the idea 🙂

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  2. Amanda @ The Anti Mom Blog says

    December 9, 2014 at 7:39 pm

    This looks so delicious! My husband puts orange and pineapple in his – I love that you put zest of the orange in…that might be what we need to do! Pinning!! 🙂
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  3. Stephanie says

    December 15, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    I love the orange in this! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!

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  4. Christie says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:26 am

    Cranberries are definitely under appreciated. They can be so tasty and delicious! Especially with oranges. I LOVE the flavors in this sauce. Thank you for sharing this with #FoodieFridays! We can’t wait to see what you’ve cooked up to share this week.
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    • Lori Hart says

      January 2, 2015 at 9:38 am

      You are so welcome. Happy New Year!

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