Cranberry Port Sauce

I love port after dinner, and I love to cook dried fruit with it. This recipe is perfect with the dried berries and the combo of dried and fresh is delicious. in this photo i used dried cherries and golden raisins instead of the dried cranberries, very colorful and tasty.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

• 1  cup  ruby port
• 1  cinnamon stick, broken n half
• 1  cup dried cranberries
• 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 3⁄4 cup sugar

Directions

1. Bring port and cinnamon stick to boil in a saucepan.
2. Reduce heat to medium, add dried cranberries and cook 3-5 minutes.
3. Add fresh berries, water, sugar.
4. Bring back to boil until sugar dissolves, then lower to simmer, cover and cook 15-20 minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Discard cinnamon stick and serve at room temperature.