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Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Honey

This cranberry sauce with honey comes with a hint of orange and contains a little Marsala wine for a festive feel. It's moderately sweet, easy to make using a handful of ingredients and ready in about 20 minutes. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas and beyond!
Course Condiment
Cuisine gluten free, vegan
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 69kcal
Author Monika Dabrowski

Equipment

  • Medium sized saucepan

Ingredients

  • 8.82 ounces cranberries fresh or frozen, approx. 3-3⅓ c.
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 1 orange juice plus zest of ⅓ orange
  • 1 tablespoon Marsala wine port/sherry, add to taste
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
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Instructions

  • Assemble ingredients: Place the cranberries, honey, orange juice and zest, wine, balsamic vinegar and salt in a saucepan. Stir thoroughly.
  • Cook sauce: Bring to the boil then lower the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes stirring often (do not cover the pot). Cook until the sauce thickens, the cranberries have softened and stopped bursting and making popping sounds. Remove from the heat.
  • Cool: Remove from the heat, taste the sauce and adjust the flavour if needed then set aside to cool completely. The sauce will thicken as it cools. Once cooled completely transfer into a jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

  • Cranberries: Use fresh or frozen (no need to defrost them). If you use frozen cranberries your sauce will take a couple of minutes longer to cook.
  • Cooking time: Typically this sauce is ready after about 12-15 minutes of simmering. Don't worry if there is still quite a lot of moisture in the sauce after it's been cooked - it will thicken as it cools.
  • Serving: For best results refrigerate overnight (or longer) before serving. The flavour will fully develop over a day or so.
  • Storing: Keep refrigerated in a jar for up to 2 weeks. Your homemade cranberry sauce with honey will stay fresh for longer if you make sure it doesn't become contaminated with other foods.
  • Substitutions: You can use maple syrup instead of honey. See Ingredients and Variations in the post for more tips.
  • Not suitable for freezing.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 74mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 56IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.2mg