Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Complete your Thanksgiving feast with this tangy and sweet Homemade Cranberry Sauce. A must have Thanksgiving side dish. Made with fresh cranberries, pineapple and orange juice, lemon zest and coconut sugar. The perfect balance between sweet and tangy. Best compliment to that juicy and tender Thanksgiving turkey.
Ingredients
- 12 oz fresh cranberries
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup coconut sugar
Instructions
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Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan on stovetop turning to high heat. Bring to a boil.
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Once ingredients are boiling, bring heat down to low. Give it a stir making sure ingredients are well combined. Cover saucepan and allow sauce to simmer for 10 minutes. At this point most cranberries should have started bursting and reducing.
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Uncover sauce and it still should look liquidly. Turn heat back up to high and leave pot uncovered.
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Allow sauce to come to a boil once again. At this point it will start thickening up. Keep to boiling for 5-8 minutes. Once all the cranberries have reduced and dissolved and the sauce has thicken, turn heat off and remove sauce from stovetop so it can cool-down. Sauce will continue to thicken as it cools-down. Leave sauce uncovered.
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Once sauce has completely cooled-off place in a wide mouth mason jar. Or any container with a tight-lid.
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Place in the fridge overnight or for a 2-4 hours before serving so that it's nice and chilled. Keep refrigerated for up to 7 days.
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
- If there are some cranberries that don't get reduced or dissolved- Use a fork or potato masher to mash cranberries down.
- Garnish cranberry sauce with orange zest- Once you serve your cranberry sauce, garnish it with some orange zest. The contrast between the red and orange colors is so pretty and will make your table look so festive.
- Store cranberry sauce in a mason jar- It will keep the sauce fresh for more days.
- Substitute for coconut sugar- Use maple sugar. You can also use honey or maple syrup but it may look more on the liquid side and not as thick.