
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
This can be a quite simple, basic home made cranberry sauce recipe. It’s candy (however not overly candy) and tart with somewhat contact of lemon that I feel makes all of the distinction. It takes all of three minutes of energetic preparation time and 20 minutes on the range – very low upkeep!

HOMEMADE CRANBERRY SAUCE IS AMAZING
I attempted retailer purchased cranberry sauce as soon as a few years in the past and it turned me proper off it. It simply tasted like….jam. I’ll as properly have slathered my turkey with strawberry jam!
It wasn’t till I began to tackle the roast turkey centrepiece for vacation gatherings that I made a decision to present Cranberry Sauce one other go….
and properly, properly, properly, what are you aware? Home made cranberry sauce is sensational! It’s nothing like retailer purchased. It tastes (shock horror) like cranberries!

WHAT IS CRANBERRY SAUCE USED FOR?
Properly, the plain reply is ↑↑↑ : turkey! However there’s so many different choices too. It’s candy and tart, so it’s supreme to make use of like a heat jam for issues like Scones, French Toast, or Pancakes. Or to make a jam and whipped cream layered Vanilla Sponge Cake.
As a result of it’s a bit tart, it’s additionally supreme paired with savoury issues. I serve it with Glazed Baked Ham at Christmas, on sandwiches piled excessive with leftover turkey (roast complete turkey, sluggish cooker or roasted turkey breast) or sandwich chilly cuts (ham, turkey, chicken slices).
Attempt it on a grilled sandwich with brie – what a superb mixture! Use it to make Cranberry Bars (swap out the raspberry jam on this Raspberry Jam Bars recipe) or swirl dollops of it by way of muffins – like these Apple Muffins or instead of blueberries in these muffins.
In brief – your solely restricted by your creativeness!

HOW TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE CRANBERRY SAUCE
An excellent Cranberry Sauce simply wants cranberries (frozen, bought alongside different frozen fruit), sugar, water, and I like so as to add a contact of lemon zest which I feel offers it somewhat edge. It lifts the flavour and provides it a tiny contact of freshness that may make your loved ones and mates ask what the key ingredient is!
Typically I exploit orange zest – and as soon as I used each. All are nice, however lemon is my base recipe!
I actually love that I can management the sweetness of the sauce to my style. I’m a savoury gal, so I’m not a fan of overly candy cranberry sauces.
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