Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over and wash the cranberries.
Put them in an enamelled saucepan with the water.
Cook
Boil for 30 minutes or until the cranberries are soft.
Add the sifted sugar and stir until dissolved.
Serve
Serve cold with roast turkey or duck.
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 base flavour and, as they soften, the body of the sauce.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the sauce and balances the sharp tartness of the cranberries.
The step that matters
Add the sugar only once the cranberries are soft. Sugar dissolves most easily into a hot, softened fruit mixture. Stirring until fully dissolved prevents grittiness and keeps the sweetness evenly distributed through the sauce.
“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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