Thanksgiving is almost here and everyone needs a cranberry sauce to compliment their Turkey dinner, right? I remember devouring the canned stuff as a kid each Thanksgiving. I would peel open the can and dump out that big glop of gelled cranberry sauce onto the serving dish and call it a day. Easy peasy right? Well, yes, but I have an easier and tastier cranberry sauce you can serve up that’s fresh and delicious. Move over canned sauce and say hello to the fresh stuff.
This recipe has been passed down from John’s mom, aka, mama mama. She got the nickname from Zoe when she was 2 years old, and it has stuck ever since. We all refer to her as mama mama now and she loves it!
Here you go…
Mama Mama’s Cranberry Sauce:
- 12 ounces of fresh cranberries, rinsed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed cloves - if you can’t find crushed cloves, just crush them with the back of a spoon or in a coffee grinder
- 1 orange cut into small chunks
- zest of one orange
Rinse your cranberries, zest and cut up your orange and measure out your ingredients.
Combine all the ingredients into small sauce pan.
Bring sauce to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until most of the cranberry skins pop.
I wish it was more complicated, but it’s not. Serve this up to your guests at Thanksgiving and they will be very thankful.
Inside a British Mum's Kitchen November 22, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Delicious! can’t wait for Thanksgiving – I hope yours is wonderful
Mary x