YUP......the holiday season is upon us. My favorite time of the year. It's that time when everyone is gathering veggies and fruit at farmers market and grocery stores, getting ready for our family and friend get togethers. When I was at my local farmers market, I came across 12 oz bags of whole cranberries on sale. I'm a cranberry freak so I had to pick up 2 bags. It wasn't until I got home when I realized I had no idea what I was going to make with them. Even thou I love my cranberry juice, it come to mind...homemade cranberry sauce !?!?!? So I googled it and with a little experimenting I came up with this recipe....
Jellied Cranberry Sauce
2- 12oz bags of cranberries
1 cup water
1/3 cup orange juice
2 cups sugar
1 envelope Knox unflavored gelatin
Rinse and sort cranberries, remove any white or rotting berries. In a pot bring Cranberries and water to a boil over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes. You will start hearing berries making a popping sound about half way mark , cook long enough to ensure berries are fully cooked. At this point you will notice the liquid is starting to thicken. Once berries are done, remove from the heat and allow it to cool for a moment or 2 NO LONGER then that. Run the berries through a food mill to remove skins and most of the seeds. If you don't have a food mill, like myself, run the berries and liquid in a blender until smooth or until all berries are crushed, then place mixture thru a fine sieve. Using a wooden spoon, use pressure to help the sauce strain. You will notice a good amount of skin from the berries are left behind in the sieve, but some still gets thru. Personally I'm totally fine with that, it gives the cranberry sauce a unique texture, it's not gritty, but there's a texture. Place the sauce back into the pot. Meanwhile mix gelatin and orange juice in a small bowl and set aside. Over medium heat add sugar to the sauce, once you see the beginning stages of boiling add the orange juice mixture and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
At this point you have two options with the cranberry sauce...home canning or jello mold. Home canning will produce about 2 pint jars
ENJOY !!!!
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Jellied Cranberry Sauce 2- 12oz bags of cranberries
1 cup water
1/3 cup orange juice
2 cups sugar
1 envelope Knox unflavored gelatin
Rinse and sort cranberries, remove any white or rotting berries. In a pot bring Cranberries and water to a boil over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes. You will start hearing berries making a popping sound about half way mark , cook long enough to ensure berries are fully cooked. At this point you will notice the liquid is starting to thicken. Once berries are done, remove from the heat and allow it to cool for a moment or 2 NO LONGER then that. Run the berries through a food mill to remove skins and most of the seeds. If you don't have a food mill, like myself, run the berries and liquid in a blender until smooth or until all berries are crushed, then place mixture thru a fine sieve. Using a wooden spoon, use pressure to help the sauce strain. You will notice a good amount of skin from the berries are left behind in the sieve, but some still gets thru. Personally I'm totally fine with that, it gives the cranberry sauce a unique texture, it's not gritty, but there's a texture. Place the sauce back into the pot. Meanwhile mix gelatin and orange juice in a small bowl and set aside. Over medium heat add sugar to the sauce, once you see the beginning stages of boiling add the orange juice mixture and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
At this point you have two options with the cranberry sauce...home canning or jello mold. Home canning will produce about 2 pint jars
ENJOY !!!!
Thanks for stopping by, Become a Fan and follow My blog for more fun ideas~ Thank you, Carleen
Follow Carleen's Crafty Kitchen on Pinterest
Pick up a copy of my ebook "Having A Very Merry Christmas on a Budget" for $1.99...available thru Kindle and Kindle apps