Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
Homemade cranberry sauce with orange juice and brown sugar, the best sauce to serve with your Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey. Ready in just 10 minutes from scratch if you use fresh cranberries, or 15 minutes if you use frozen ones. So easy, and so flavourful, with only 3 ingredients, and nothing else. It's packed with festive flavours, and goes down well with every roast too.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: English
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 211kcal
- 1 lb frozen cranberries 450 g - you can also use fresh ones
- 2 oranges
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
Grate the oranges and then cut it in half and use a citrus squeezer to squeeze the juice out.
Add the juice and sugars to a pan and simmer for a few minutes until the sugar has dissolved.
Tip the cranberries in and simmer for a further 15 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Transfer to a bowl and serve cold.
- Click on the US Customary link to see the measurements displayed in cups and ounces.
- The servings can be adjusted by clicking the number next to Servings.
- I tried it with fresh cranberries and with frozen ones, and I could not find any difference in taste. The only difference is in the cooking time. The fresh cranberries will just take a little longer to cook, around 15 minutes, where the frozen ones 10 minutes. The secret to making a fabulous sauce is the sugars to the orange juice before throwing in the cranberries.
Calories: 211kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 50mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg