Cranberry sauce tends to be a polarizing dish on the Thanksgiving desk. Individuals find it irresistible or hate it usually, and a few individuals who find it irresistible truly in some way favor sliding their sauce straight from a can. Grapefruit and cranberry work splendidly nicely collectively on this straightforward cranberry sauce recipe. The ginger provides pungent sweetness and a touch of spice, whereas the grapefruit is juicy and slightly bitter, nearly just like the citrus cousin to a cranberry. Honey provides floral notes to the caramelized sweetness of brown sugar and makes the sauce simply candy sufficient to raise a savory, meaty predominant with out overpowering it. For the right consistency come serving time, be sure that the cranberry sauce is completely chilled so it has time to arrange.
In case you occur to have any Cranberry Grapefruit Relish left it makes an important topping for our Baked Brie With Cranberry Sauce.
make Honeyed Grapefruit-Cranberry Sauce
Substances
2 1-lb. ruby pink grapefruits
1/2 cup gentle brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 1-in. piece contemporary ginger, unpeeled and lower into skinny matchsticks (about 1 1/2 Tbsp.)
1 12-to-16-oz. pkg. contemporary cranberries
Instructions
Put together grapefruit: Peel and part 1 grapefruit. Slice peels into 1-inch strips to yield 1 1/2 tablespoons. Juice remaining grapefruit to yield 1/2 cup juice.
Stir collectively sugar, honey, rosemary, ginger, and grapefruit strips and juice in a big saucepan over medium-high. Prepare dinner, stirring typically, till sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Add cranberries and grapefruit sections to pan. Convey to a simmer over medium-high. Cut back warmth to medium and vigorously simmer, stirring typically, till most cranberries have burst and liquid is thickened and syrupy, 12 to 14 minutes.
Switch to an uncovered storage container and let cool at room temperature for half-hour. Cowl and refrigerate till utterly chilled, not less than 4 hours and as much as 1 week.
When able to serve permit to return to room temperature earlier than serving. This takes about half-hour.
Make-Forward and Storage Directions
Cranberry sauce will be made as much as 1 week forward and saved in an hermetic container within the fridge. Sauce will be frozen in a freezer-safe container for as much as 6 months.
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