Cape Cod Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the cranberries and place them in a large pot with a long handle.
Mix in the granulated sugar thoroughly.
Pour the cold water over the mixture.
Cook
Place the pot over high heat without a cover.
Once boiling, move the pot constantly to prevent burning, without stirring the berries.
Boil for 8 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a bowl or glass jars.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cranberries
- Provide the tart fruit flavor and the pectin that thickens the sauce as it cooks.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the sauce and balances the cranberries' tartness.
- Cold water
- Provides liquid so the berries can soften and break down while cooking.
The step that matters
Moving the pot instead of stirring the berries. Stirring breaks the cranberries apart and can make the sauce cloudy or mushy, while leaving the pot still lets the bottom scorch. Gently moving the pot heats evenly and protects the whole berries.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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