...I'm here to save you from yourself. Even if you're dressing it up so it looks like this...
...it still tastes like that can. Trust me on this. For years, I tried different cranberry sauce recipes, looking for one that was perfect. They all failed my taste test, so I gave up and created my own. It's simple to make and extremely tasty. Give it a shot, so your family can have this...
...with your holiday meal, instead!
Cranberry Sauce
12 oz. bag of cranberries, washed
1 1/2 cups peeled, chopped apple
1 Tbsp. orange zest
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup apple cider
Bring all ingredients to a boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer 30 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and mash. Cool then chill until serving.
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Now this might be a recipe I could actually do right. Just curious. What’s the stuffing secret? Something I might be able to do as well? Maybe?
ReplyDeleteYou could definitely make the cranberry sauce. The stuffing is fairly complex. Toast your own bread cubes in the oven. I use wheat. Saute chopped onion, celery, and apple in butter. I boil the turkey neck in chicken broth to make it richer then use that for the liquid in the stuffing. Then there are a bunch of seasonings...salt, pepper, parsley, sage, marjoram, and thyme. Taste. Add more of whatever it needs. Sometimes I sprinkle in a little poultry seasoning at this point, depending on how it tastes... As I said, I don't measure anything. When you get it the way you want it, stuff it in the turkey before roasting. Tada!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to put chopped apple in the cranberry sauce! Thanks for the recipe. Your stuffing is made exactly the way I do it. Cooking that turkey neck for stuffing broth is a family tradition. (Some cut up the giblets and put them in the stuffing, but I'm not a lover of liver, etc.) Thanksgiving is just around the corner...thanks for getting the saliva flowing :-)
ReplyDeleteRolynn, my grandma used to put some of the giblets in the stuffing. I'm personally not a fan, so I leave them out. Yeah, the apple is key both in the cranberry and in the stuffing.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious, Jannine! I make a cranberry chutney that's really similar but has nuts in it (walnuts,I think). I make it for parties where I have to bring something and serve it with cream cheese and crackers. (I could eat the whole thing.) I have to confess though that I gave up on "scratch" stuffing a long time ago. I doctor up the bagged stuff with sauteed celery and onion, egg, broth and seasonings. My husband and sons could fight over the bowl of the "raw" stuff! And yes, now my mouth is watering... :-)
ReplyDeleteCan I admit out load that I buy my cranberry sauce at Williams Sonoma? Since we have such a small family and I'm the only one who will eat it, it isn't worth making it just for myself. One jar lasts me through Thanksgiving and Christmas. LOL My best personal Thanksgiving recipe is my pear and cranberry pie, which I've shared here in the past. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I've never been a fan of cranberry sauce. I do like cranberries dipped in dark chocolate. :)
ReplyDeleteYum, sounds good, Leah. Also, it would be a "pretty" dish to bring to parties. Gotta like that!
ReplyDeleteAlison, I can see where you wouldn't want a giant bowl just for you! Hey, as long as you're not eating it out of the can, you're good!
Sacrilege, Robin!
Thanks for the recipe. I love home made cranberry sauce but have never attempted my own.
ReplyDeleteGive it a shot, Brenda!
ReplyDeleteI grew up with cranberry sauce from a can. No wonder I never liked it. LOL My MIL made a cranberry gelatin salad, which my daughter makes now. That I'll eat. My stuffing recipe includes sage and a little thyme as well as poultry seasoning. I'm making a small dish for Thanksgiving since my daughter is making stuffing & so is my son. We'll have a lot of stuffing (out of the bird). I'm hungry!
ReplyDeleteI grew up with the canned kind, too, Diane. Enjoy all that stuffing. And, yes, I'm hungry, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a cranberry sauce fan, so I am not sure I'll try this, and my family thinks the canned is the bees knees, but I bet they'd love this if they tried it. Maybe I'll make it for them, even if I don't eat it. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone not like cranberry sauce, Ally? Maybe you just don’t like it because you’ only had the canned kind!
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