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Ginger-Pecan Cranberry Sauce - Video

There's a million and one different ways to throw a twist on traditional cranberry sauce.  This gingered-pecan version is hands down one of my favorite.

Try adding this to your Tukey Day menu!

Happy Thanksgiving!

*By the way, I did't have a still photo for this recipe so I downloaded this great shot from stock.exchng. It was taken by jynmeyer. If you've never heard of this site, you should check it out, they have some great photos and the best part is...they're free!!

Ginger-Pecan Cranberry Sauce - Video

Ingredients

12 oz. bag of cranberries, rinsed
1 cup of fresh o.j.
The zest of 1 orange (1 1/2 tsp.)
2 tsp. of grated ginger
½ cup of honey
2 tbsp. of brown sugar
¼ cup of toasted, chopped pecans

Directions

Combine orange juice, one tsp. of orange zest, ginger and brown sugar in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil.     

Stir in cranberries and honey and allow everything to come back to a boil. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes.  You're looking for the cranberries to pop open and for the sauce to thicken.       

Stir in pecans and top with remaining zest.  Pop it all in the fridge until you're ready to serve!

Serves 8. 

Nutritional Analysis

Calories: 150; Total Fat: 5.3g; Saturated Fat: 0.5g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 2mg; Carbohydrate: 27.2g; Dietary Fiber: 1.7; Sugars: 24.1; Protein: 1g

Comments

kacee :

I must of missed this one last year!!
What a pleasant combination using cranberries and ginger. I'll definitely be giving this a try. Have a great Thanksgiving:)

Kacee - I hope you like it! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Can you believe that I had never made cranberry sauce from scratch until last year? My grandmother always made it fresh for the holidays and I always liked the canned jellied cranberry sauce so I never bothered to make it myself. I never realized how easy it is! I bet this one is really great with the orange zest and ginger! Plus I like that you used honey and brown sugar! Maybe I'll give it a try to put on my turkey sandwiches.

Happy Thanksgiving Dani!!

xoxo,jaden

Nicole - It is super easy...I always be sure to make extra so there is enough for sandwiches the next day!!

Jayden - Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Peita :

Hi Dani - there is no way I can get fresh cranberries for this recipe. Do you think semi-dried ones would suffice?

Peita - Dried cranberries will work but they will be sweeter, so you may want to cut back on the sugar just a bit:).

This is a great new recipe! I was looking for a way to spruce up our cranberry sauce without adding too much other fruit to distract from the cranberries. Thanks!

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