Cranberry Sauce with Honey
This homemade cranberry sauce with honey is the perfect combination of sweet and tart! Whole cranberries, fresh orange, and honey combine to make a flavorful and delicious sauce.
Equipment
- Small saucepan or pot
Ingredients
- 12 ounces cranberries (1 bag)
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup water
- Zest of 1 orange
Instructions
- Combine the cranberries, orange juice, zest, and water in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the temperature to medium-low heat. Stir in the honey.
- Allow the mixture to simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. For a smoother cranberry sauce, mash it with a fork a little bit.
- Once the cranberries have popped and the sauce is at your desired consistency, remove it from the heat.
- Allow to cool, then garnish with orange zest and serve.
Notes
- If you like your sauce less chunky, you can mash it with a potato masher or fork as it cooks. This is what I did to achieve the consistency in the photos.
- Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools, so you'll want to cook it to a tiny bit runnier than you'd prefer.
- You may want to adjust the amount of honey depending on how you like your cranberry sauce. This recipe makes a very middle-of-the-road, balanced sauce.
- A pinch of salt will enhance the flavor of your cranberry sauce. Give it a try!
- Make sure you don't get any of the pith (the white part) of the orange in your sauce when you zest the orange. The pith is very bitter and won't taste good in your cranberry sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 91kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 76mgFiber: 2gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 57IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 0.2mg
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