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Homemade cranberry sauce with Grand Marnier in a serving dish and a spoon, with whole cranberries and bottle of Grand Marnier on the side.

Cranberry Sauce with Grand Marnier

Author: Sarah Brooks
This homemade cranberry sauce with Grand Marnier is tart, tangy and bursting with festive flavors of citrus and spice that will complement any holiday dish.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 6 serves, approx. ¼ cup each or approx 1 & ½ cups sauce in total
Calories 128 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 x 12 ounce bags (1.5 lbs or 675 gms total) frozen or fresh cranberries
  • ⅓ cup (75gms) granulated white sugar
  • 1 & ½ tablespoons clementine or mandarin juice
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice
  • 3 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Instructions
 

  • Defrost: your cranberries if they are frozen. Otherwise wash if fresh.
  • Blitz: the cranberries with an immerson blender, in a deep sided jug.
  • Strain: the blitzed cranberries to remove the seeds and bits.
  • Add: the strained cranberries to a pot on the stove.
  • Juice: and measure the clemintine or mandarin juice.
  • Add: the sugar, all spice, clemintine juice and Grand Marnier to the cranberries.
  • Cook: the cranberries for three to five minutes, untill thickened.
  • Serve: warm or chill to serve later. Delicioius!

Notes

Ingredients:
Cranberries: you can use frozen or fresh cranberries.
Grand Marnier: can be substituted with other similar orange liqueurs such as Cointreau, triple sec or curacao.
Clementine juice will give the best flavor, but can be replaced with mandarine or at a pinch, orange juice.
Make it alcohol-free:
By replacing the Grand Marnier with some extra clementine or mandarin juice.
Serve:
Savory: with meats such as turkey, pork, pot roast or as part of a cheeseboard.
Sweet: with cheesecake, ice cream, pancakes, waffles.
Storage:
In the fridge: for up to two weeks in a covered container.
In the freezer: for up to two months in an airtight container.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 1gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.02gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 3mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 4gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 77IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 0.3mg

Nutritional Disclaimer

Nutritional information is an estimate based on an online database. The nutritional content of ingredients may vary by brand. If you require accurate nutritional information, you should calculate this based on the specific brands and products you are using.

Keywords: Christmas side, Cranberry coulis, Cranberry sauce, Thanksgiving side
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