Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Easy-to-make homemade cranberry sauce is naturally sweetened and a healthy, delicious addition to the dinner table.
Servings: 7
Ingredients
- 12 oz. frozen canned 100% fruit juice concentrate I used cherry-pomegranate
- 3 c. fresh or frozen cranberries 12 oz. bag
- 1 apple cored, peeled, and cut into chunks
- 1 peeled orange sectioned
- 1 pkg. unflavored gelatin about .25 oz.
Instructions
- To make the syrup, empty the frozen fruit juice concentrate into a small sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil using medium to medium-high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool. I put the pan in the refrigerator while I made the rest of the cranberry sauce.
- Place the cranberries, apple chunks, and orange slices into a food processor and blend until smooth, or until desired consistency if you like cranberry sauce with larger pieces.
- Add cooled fruit juice syrup to the cranberry mixture and pulse all ingredients together.
- Pour into a medium bowl and sprinkle unsweetened gelatin on top, stirring to evenly distribute the gelatin.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled the next day. Makes 3 1/2 cups.
Notes
My family liked the sweetness the fruit juice concentrate gave to the sauce. But if you prefer a sweeter cranberry sauce, it can be sweetened more with your choice of sweetener.