This cranberry and orange sauce comes together in less than 20 minutes. You practically just toss it together and it tastes like a fresh, spicy preserve. Perfect for turkey, chicken or just to eat off the spoon!
This is a quick cranberry sauce that comes together in less than 20 minutes. Fresh cranberries simmer in an orange juice reduction with a bit of sugar and cinnamon for a tart yet sweet sauce. Too simple and too perfect. The cranberries pop in the saucepan as they break down quickly to a thick, chunky sauce. I had to share it and you have just enough time to make it!
Last Minute Cranberry Sauce
Don't use canned cranberry sauce when you can make homemade that is fresh and delicious in less than 20 minutes!
Servings 8
Calories 71
Ingredients
- 4 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen
- Zest from one orange plus all the juice from that orange
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 or 2 cinnamon sticks. May substitute with a dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients into a saucepan over medium heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries burst and the sauce thickens, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve at room temperature or cool and refrigerate.
- Remove the cinnamon stick before serving.
- Makes 2 cups
Nutrition Facts
Last Minute Cranberry Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 71
% Daily Value*
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 42mg1%
Carbohydrates 18g6%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 14g16%
Vitamin A 30IU1%
Vitamin C 6.7mg8%
Calcium 4mg0%
Iron 0.1mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Recipe from Tyler Florence, one of my favorite Food Network chefs!
Delicious! I will never buy canned sauce again. This was SO easy and SO tasty! Get ready for compliments when you make this simple dish. I used frozen cranberries that needed to be used.
At Sunday dinner, my 70 year old father said this was “just like mom used to make”. It doesn’t get any better than that! Thanks Sally this was wonderful.
Hey, we are on the same wavelength, friend! I love this simple, classic version. Love it!