Thanksgiving is a crazy food event with hundreds of ingredients and flavors. Every year we fill our plates with 6-10 food items not counting appetizers and desserts.My favorite of those 6-10 items is Cranberry sauce. I know that there are about a million recipes out there that doctor up the sauce with things like vanilla, oranges or nuts, but I like to keep things simple. This sauce is supposed to complement the turkey not overpower the turkey flavor.
Here is my way of keeping it simple:
Ingredients:
1 bag fresh cranberries
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1. Boil water and sugar until sugar has dissolved and water has a rolling boil.
2. Toss in rinsed cranberries (be sure to check for stems)
3. Return to boil and stir occasionally until all cranberries have popped and the water takes on a reddish color (about 3-5 minutes)
4. Take the pan of the heat and let sit until cooled
5. Put sauce in a container to refrigerate (ideally you would do this the day before the big event)
6. Serve slightly chilled
May I recommend putting Vbird's cranberry sauce on peanut butter sandwiches?
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