Cranberry Sauce with Apples (Without Orange Juice!)
You'll choose to skip the old-fashioned canned cranberry sauce for your next holiday dinner, once you try this cranberry sauce with apples. This cranberry sauce recipe is a one pot recipe, with simple, easy to find ingredients. Full of warm, familiar spices and just the right amount of tang, this sauce is the perfect condiment!
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 98kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 oz Cranberries
- 1 Gala apple peeled, diced
- 1 tablespoon Orange zest
- ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- ⅔ cup Apple juice
- ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon Ground allspice
- ½ cup Brown sugar
- ½ cup Water
- 1 tablespoon Corn starch
- 1 tablespoon Cold water
Instructions
- Add the sauce ingredients to a medium sauce pan.12 oz Cranberries, 1 Gala apple, 1 tablespoon Orange zest, ½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon, ⅔ cup Apple juice, ¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg, ⅛ teaspoon Ground allspice, ½ cup Brown sugar, ½ cup Water
- Bring the sauce mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, letting the cranberries naturally pop and burst.
- Allow the sauce to simmer on medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes, until the apples have softened and the sauce has slightly thickened naturally from the cranberries.
- Combine the corn starch and water, and mix together into a slurry. Pour the slurry into the cranberry sauce mixture, and lightly stir as the sauce thickens.1 tablespoon Corn starch, 1 tablespoon Cold water
- Remove the sauce from the heat, and transfer to a bowl to allow the sauce to cool to room temperature.
- Serve the sauce room temperature, cooled, or slightly warmed, according to your taste.
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Notes
- Adjust sweetness: Cranberries can vary in terms of their sweetness/tartness. Adjust the sugar level of the sauce as needed, based on how tart the cranberries are.
- Keep some texture: You do not need to mash all of the cranberries down while cooking the sauce. Allow some of the cranberries to retain their shape, for some added texture to the sauce.
- Skip the corn starch: If you prefer a 'thinner' consistency to your cranberry sauce, you can leave the corn starch slurry out of the recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 42IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.3mg
