It’s the Holiday’s…with a capital H! OMG! In just a little over a week some of us are going to be sitting down to a table full of turkey and fixin’s. It has only been as an adult have I come to like, enjoy and even crave one this holiday’s most precious accouterments: cranberry sauce. Oh, the beet colored, jelly shaking, tin can indented blob of what some may call cranberry sauce still exists. In fact it’s what I grew up with and most probably why I didn’t appreciate how wonderful it could really be. You know, I’m not judging, I’m just saying, “There’s another way; and, it takes 3 ingredients (1 optional) and no cooking what-so-ever”. I don’t imagine you can beat that. Can you? Here’s the recipe. Hopefully, this will be you most joyous holiday Friday Food Find evah! I know it’s been mine.
Ingredients
1 bag of fresh cranberries, rinsed & gently patted dry (does not have to be perfectly dry)
1 small to medium size, seedless orange, cut into 6 pieces (however you want to do it) leaving the skin on
up to 1Tbsp of sugar (I use raw)
Process
Place cranberries and orange pieces into a food processor. Begin processing until all ingredients come together to form a pureed relish type consistency (see picture). Taste. If the mixture is too bitter add suger a little at a time (processing in-between & scraping down sides of processor) until the sweet level is perfect for you. This may take more that a tablespoon. The sweeter the orange the less sugar you will need or at all.
Use a spatula to remove cranberry sauce from processor. Place into a container you can seal tightly. It will last up to 1 week.
Yields up to 10 small servings.