Christian’s Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce is an easy, tart addition to just about anything. Serve with turkey, as a sandwich condiment, or add to your cake, pancakes, or muffins. Scale the recipe to feed any crowd size!

You Will Need:

• One 12 oz. package of fresh cranberries
• 1 C granulated sugar
• 1 C apple cider 
• 1 orange (zest and juice)
• 1 tsp pie spice (or more to taste)
• Pepper to taste

You Will Do:

• Rinse the cranberries in a colander and place the rinsed, patted dry berries into a Dutch oven or saucepan over medium-high heat
• Add sugar and cider and keep stirring until the sauce begins to boil (the berries will pop dramatically. That means it’s working!)
• Add zest from the orange and hand-squeeze the remaining juice from the same orange
• Add pie spice and pepper (and anything else you want to experiment with)
• Keep stirring. A lot. Maybe 20 minutes or more until the berries break down and the sauce looks… saucy
• Lower the heat as needed to prevent sploshing, and keep stirring until finished. Good things take time
• Serve!