NO-COOK CRANBERRY SAUCE 2 WAY

December 30, 2014

Christmas dinner in the US. This just calls for cranberry sauce. In Austria you might even have a hard time getting cranberries – here even the gas station will offer some. My sister in law was nice enough to share her family recipe with us. An orange-cranberry sauce and an apple-cranberry sauce [my dad is allergic to oranges] – personally I like the apple version even better. Both look pretty much the same. Best of all – no need to cook anything. Just throw all ingredients together in a blender

You can – and should make this up to two days in advance. The acid of the orange/apple is going to break down the bitter flavors from the cranberries. The sauce will get more creamy and a deeper red with time.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH ORANGE

• 340g (12oz) cranberries
• 2 oranges [juice]
• ½ orange [zest]
• ¼ cup sugar

_ place all ingredients into a food processor [or into a bowl and use a hand blender]

_ blend until all cranberries are chopped up [but don’t blend until you end up with a fruit cream]

_ add more sugar if you like it sweeter

_ add cranberries if too liquid

_ stir every couple of hours

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH APPLE

• 340g (12oz) cranberries
• 2 apples [sweet and firm]
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 ½ cups apple cider [or apple juice]

_ core apples and cut into large chunks

_ roughly chop ginger

_ place all ingredients into a food processor [or into a bowl and use a hand blender]

_ blend until all cranberries are chopped up [but don’t blend until you end up with a fruit cream]

_ add more sugar if you like it sweeter

_ add cranberries if too liquid

_ stir every couple of hours

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