Easy Homemade Cranberry Orange Sauce for Your Best Holiday Feast
Easy Homemade Fresh Cranberry Orange Sauce Recipe for your best holiday feast.
Equipment
- large pot
- Zester
- Sharp knife
Ingredients
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 whole orange zest zest of one orange
- ½ cup orange juice juice of one orange
- ½ cup water
- 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries
Instructions
- Using a zester, zest all of the peel from one orange.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the orange and squeeze all of the juice. You should have around a ½ cup.
- Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add both types of sugar and water to the pot and stir occasionally to dissolve the sugar.
- Add in the orange zest, orange juice and cranberries. Simmer for 10 minutes, The cranberries will begin to pop and burst.
- Remove the cranberries from the heat and set aside to cool.
- Cool completely before serving.
Notes
This is the perfect sauce to make ahead leaving you less stress on the day when making your Thanksgiving dinner. Because it is best served chilled, I usually make my cranberry sauce 2 or 3 days in advance. This sauce when stored correctly will last up to a week. Any made-ahead or leftover cranberry sauce needs left to cool to room temperature and then transferred to an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator. You can also freeze the leftover sauce for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 30gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 25gVitamin C: 15mgIron: 1mg
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