Cranberry Sauce With Mandarin Oranges
This homemade cranberry orange sauce is a 5 ingredient recipe made with fresh cranberries, oranges, juice, honey, and a hint of cinnamon. Tangy tart, but semi-sweet, we love to serve it with anything! This Christmas, ditch the unhealthy jarred cranberry sauce from the store and make your own, an even better and healthier version of cranberry sauce.
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INGREDIENTS
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1 cup mandarin oranges + 1 whole, peeled and wedges separated, see notes
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 cup honey or maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prep your oranges by peeling them and separating the wedges/segments. Leave 1 peeled orange whole as it is, we are going to use it for the decoration later.
- In a medium saucepot add in cranberries, honey, and orange juice. Simmer on medium high heat and take it to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover partially with a lid and simmer for 5 minutes. Ideally you should cook cranberries just until they ''pop''.
- Make sure to stir through a couple of times so berries don’t burn.
- Stir in the cinnamon and mandarin oranges. Cook for another 5 minutes until the sauce has thickened but not very thick as it will continue to thicken once cooled. Although it is totally personal preference. Once you’ll be reheating the sauce, you can always addmore water or juice to thin it out. Remove from the stovetop. Let the sauce cool before transferring it into jars.
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NOTES
- This recipe makes about 3 cups of sauce.
- Can you make cranberry sauce ahead of time? It is the best make-ahead sauce! Like with any jam or sweet sauce, the best flavor and texture will be on the next day. This sauce needs it’s time to thicken and I highly recommend making it a day or two in advance of the big day.
- For even more complex flavors, instead of water or orange juice, you can use bourbon, sweet-flavored liquor, or whiskey. All of these add richness as well as give it a sweeter taste.
- Cloves, star anise, nutmeg, thyme, rosemary sprigs, raisins, orange, lemon, or lime zest - all these aromatics and herbs work amazingly and will fix your cranberry sauce in seconds. You might need to simmer the sauce for longer for the spices to open up.
- Mandarin oranges - what I like to do is to use wedges instead of whole mandarins. I leave only one whole for decoration. This way you’ll be able to enjoy all the flavor, texture, and mandarin pieces without the sauce becoming too mushy as the oranges will break apart eventually.
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NUTRITION
Calories: 233kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 1gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.02gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.04gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 204mgFiber: 3gSugar: 56gVitamin A: 301IUVitamin C: 34mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 0.5mg
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