Instead of cranberry sauce with simply a sweet note of sugar, I preferred one with more flavor. It was simple to use lemonade concentrate, and the ginger went well with the sour cranberries. This would be delicious with the addition of lemon peel, and it tastes great on top of turkey soup! Additionally suitable throughout the year.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
- 2 large apples – peeled, cored, and diced
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup lemonade concentrate
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Stir cranberries, apples, water, sugar, and lemonade concentrate together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and reduce heat to medium low.
- Stir ginger and salt into cranberry mixture and simmer until cranberries burst and apples are tender, 20 minutes. Chill in the refrigerator.
Reviews
I am not a fan of cranberry sauce but this one is great.
12.16.15 The lemonade concentrate and ginger partner so well with the cranberries and apples. You get a real pop of interesting flavors in every bite. Since lemonade concentrate already is so sweet and since our personal taste leans more toward “less” sweet these days, I cut the sugar in half. What I ended up with was the perfect balance of sweet-tart. The minced apples cooked down to a beautiful consistency. Trying to get a headstart on Christmas dinner, so this is going into the freezer. Tessa Goodpaster, thanks for sharing your recipe. We really enjoyed it, and this may just become my go-to recipe for cranberry sauce!