Triple Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Prep
10 mins
Cook
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
My family won't let me make another cranberry sauce. This is their favorite! Because it's made with fresh and dried cranberries as well as cranberry juice, it has a lot of flavor.
Because this needs to sit in the refrigerator overnight, make it a day before you need it.
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Course:
Condiments, Sauces & Dressings
Cuisine:
American
Yields: 4 cups (about)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups cranberry juice, no sugar added
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 1 – 12 oz. bag fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 Tbsp. orange zest
Instructions
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Mix together the cranberry juice and sugar in a sauce pan over high heat. Stir to dissolve the sugar as the liquid heats. Bring to a boil.
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Add the dried cranberries, fresh cranberries, cloves, and cinnamon. Bring back to a boil. Reduce heat for a simmer. Simmer for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Add the orange zest. Simmer another 3 minutes.
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Remove cinnamon stick. Pour into a glass container and let cool. Transfer to refrigerator and let sit overnight or until ready to use.
Kitchen Notes
Cranberry Juice - Use unsweetened cranberry juice or cranberry juice cocktail.
If you want a little more orange flavor, you can substitute part of the cranberry juice with orange juice.