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Cranberry Sauce, Spiced with Honey

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Cranberry Sauce, Spiced with Honey
Serves 3 cups

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups cranberry juice cocktail
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries

Directions

Combine

  1. 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, honey and orange peel in heavy medium saucepan.
  2. Bring mixture to simmer over medium heat, stirring until honey dissolves.

Simmer 4 minutes to blend flavors.

  1. Add cinnamon stick, bay leaf, ginger, coriander, salt, black pepper, cloves and cayenne pepper;

Simmer 2 more minutes.

  1. Add cranberries and simmer until berries burst and sauce is thick, stirring occasionally (about 15 minutes)
  2. Remove from heat. Discard bay leaf; mix in remaining 1/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail.
  3. Refrigerate cranberry sauce until well chilled. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)