Cranberry sauce is not a foodstuff I think about much for eleven months of the year. Truth be told, having first tried the fakely sweet and solid from-a-jar variety, it wasn’t a foodstuff I thought about much at all for a very long time. I assumed that making my own would be a laborious process and so it’s not been a feature of my Christmas dinners in adulthood. But oh, this year will be different. It turns out making cranberry sauce is a total cinch.
I couldn’t resist adding some of Tyrconnell’s port finish whiskey to this version (thus breaking into our seasonal stash, much to Himself’s chagrin!) It’s just as tasty without, though, and, with some great deals on fresh cranberries to be had this year, easy to make in bulk as a lovely foodie gift.
Whiskey-spiked cranberry sauce
Ingredients for two 150g jars’ worth:
100ml freshly squeezed orange juice
100g soft light brown sugar
75ml whisk(e)y – not the peated stuff though
250g fresh cranberries
What to do:
Combine the orange juice, sugar and whiskey in a pot and heat gently until bubbling.
Tip in the cranberries and stir to coat. Leave to simmer gently on a low heat for about ten minutes until the berries have burst apart and are starting to go a little mushy.
Remove from the heat and leave to cool. Stir again to combine the berries and liquid, and pour into sterilised glass jars.
December 17th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Ooh I like the idea of using orange juice instead of water for the liquid part of this recipe. As a huge fan of cranberry sauce im glad you realized it’s not all jelly from a can! By far my fave Christmas accoutrement
December 18th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Honestly, it’s a whole new world! I’m going to scoff quite a lot of it this year, I think…
December 17th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
My go-to cranberry sauce recipe is much the same as this one – except without the whiskey. What have I been missing out on all these years? I’ll definitely be adding a splash this year. Genius!
December 18th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Heh, I think whiskey might be the new bacon! Reckon any of the sweeter/non-prayed Irish whiskeys would go well if you’ve not got the Tyrconnell.
December 20th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Whiskey as the new bacon? I think you might be on to something there!
December 17th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Oh this looks great! I’ve been looking for a cranberry sauce recipe to jar up for some gifts – this is it!
Thanks, Catherine!
December 18th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Hooray! Do let me know how it goes down.
December 18th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
NOw I like this young lady ! and the photo, as usual !!!
Will have to promote this recipe on LMFM this wed. Doin a christmas meal chat.
And now for a challange. Who’s got the best 26th Dec recipe ??
Dermot