Spiced Cranberry Sauce

This sweet, tart cranberry sauce with a touch of spice is our seasonal favourite. We tried something a little different and came up with a sauce that doubles as jam. This spiced cranberry sauce isn’t just for Thanksgiving or the holiday season anymore, we make this year-round.

A 6-ingredient  spiced cranberry sauce made in under 30 minutes. So quick, so easy, you’ll never look at the canned version again.

Ingredients:

• Cranberries: We typically get our cranberries from our local grocery store. Usually readily available around the holiday season.
• Brown sugar: we typically use any organic fine-grain version for our brown sugar but any preferred brand can be used.
• Water: Regular run of the mill tap water.
• Lemon juice: We make use of fresh-squeezed lemon juice but this can e substituted with bottled lemon juice or even lime juice.
• Crushed red chilies: You can either crush your own. Alternatively, grab a box of red pepper flakes, Kashmiri Mirch, or Deggi Mirch as a substitute.
• Garam Masala:  You can either buy a premixed version or try grinding it yourself at home by following our garam masala recipe. If you make it at home you will at least know all the ingredients that have gone into the mixtures.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Spice

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Rating: 4.5/5

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cooking Time: 15 Minutes 15 Minutes Nutrition facts: 176.34 calories .12 fat

Ingredients

• 3 cups Cranberries
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp crushed red chilies
• 1/4 tsp garam masala

Instructions

1. Rinse cranberries and set them aside. Bring water, lemon juice, and sugar to a boil in a pot.
2. Once the sugar has dissolved add cranberries and bring to a boil.
3. Lower heat to a simmer and mix occasionally.
4. Once cranberries start to break, add in the garam masala and chilies. Mix well.
5. Depending on how you like your sauce you can set it aside now or boil it for a little longer mixing occasionally.

5 Cranberry Sauce twists for any occasion. 

1. Use a 1/3 cup of orange juice and top with orange zest. 
2. Use 1 cup of Maple Syrup instead of brown sugar. 
3. Add in some minced Ginger. 
4. Add in half a teaspoon of cinnamon instead of chillies.
5. Swap out the Garam Masala & chillies for ¼ cup chopped mint leaves.