Cranberry Sauce for Meat

Cranberry sauce seem to be one of traditional dishes served on Thanksgiving dinner.

Since I didn’t have many of these (being in US for about 4 years now and not having family here) I had to do a bit of research to find a recipe.

I apologize in advance if the recipe doesn’t look too traditional. Please, feel free to share yours in comments, I promise to try them out!

Ingredients:

1lb of fresh cranberries
1 big orange
1 onion
3 tablespoons of honey (can be replaced with sugar to taste)
1/2 cup of red wine
1 tablespoon of olive oil

How to prepare, step-by-step:

Prepare ingredients:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 1
Warm up saucepan with a tablespoon of olive oil over moderate heat; peel and chop onions, add them to warmed up pan and fry until soft stirring from time to time (about 10 mins):
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 2
While onions are cooking, wash thoroughly orange (maybe even scrub it with hot water) and grate zest from it (all orange skin from orange), set zest aside:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 3
Peel rest of orange skin off and juice it (I used blender to chop it and then squeezed juice from pulp using cheese cloth; but citrus juicer will work as well, if I would have one under my hand):
Put orange slices into blender bowl
Chop them
Pour over cheesecloth to a bowl

Pull cheesecloth ends together
And squeeze juice out
Get the juice
When onions are ready, add rinsed cranberry to the pot to onions:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 5
Add all orange zest:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 6
Pour orange juice in:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 7
And add 3 tablespoons of honey; mix everything and let it cook over low heat until berries become soft (about 10 mins):
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 8
Crush berries with spatula, add red wine and cook sauce for 10 mins more, if you want sauce to be more liquid – add some water:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat Recipe: Step 9
Cool cranberry sauce till room temperature and serve with roast meat or poultry. Store prepared sauce in fridge:
Cranberry Sauce for Meat