Thursday, October 1, 2009

Cranberry Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 cups fresh cranberries
Optional extras: pecans, orange peel, raisins, currants, blueberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice.

DIRECTIONS

Wash and pick over cranberries. In a saucepan, bring to a boil water and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst.

At this point you can add any number of optional ingredients and stir well.

Remove from heat. Cool completely at room temperature and then chill in refrigerator. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.

Cranberry sauce base makes 2 1/4 cups.

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