Homemade cranberry sauce
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- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Serves 6
- Dietary
- Dairy-freeEgg-freeVegetarian
This cranberry sauce is in the tradition of Cumberland sauce, bursting with citrus flavours, fruit and spices.
Ingredients
- 450g/1lb fresh cranberries
- 300ml/10fl oz ruby port
- 115g/4oz caster sugar
- 125ml/4fl oz fresh orange juice
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tsp English mustard powder
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- pinch of ground cloves
- 75g/3oz sultanas
- 55g/2oz flaked almonds
- 1 tbsp grated orange rind
- 1 tsp grated lemon rind
- salt
Method
Combine the cranberries, port, sugar and orange juice in a pan over a medium heat, for ten minutes, until the fruit bursts.
Combine the corn flour, mustard, lemon juice and cloves with a little water to make a paste and stir into the berry mixture.
Next, add the sultanas, almonds, orange and lemon rind, simmer for five minutes, season and then chill. Serve with your Christmas turkey.
