Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe
This homemade cranberry sauce recipe simmers fresh cranberries with Honeycrisp apple, orange rind, cinnamon and rosemary. It is ready in less than 15 minutes and literally bursting with holiday flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 Honeycrisp apple peeled, cored and diced small
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1 2 inch piece orange rind I use a vegetable peeler for this
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 sprig rosemary
Instructions
- In a large saucepot over medium-low heat, add the diced apple, cranberries, orange rind, water, sugar, and salt. Stir constantly until sugar is dissolved.
- Turn the heat up to medium and add the cinnamon stick and the rosemary. Simmer 8 to 10 minutes until the cranberries burst and half of the liquid is absorbed. Remove the cinnamon, rosemary, and orange rind and discard.
- Using the back of a spoon, crush the cranberries. Let cool completely, serve warm or refrigerate and serve cold.