Cranberry Sauce With Spirit

Cranberries cooked with port wine. This recipe can be canned. From the book "Small -batch Preserving".

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1  tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 2 1⁄2 cups cranberries, fresh (frozen can be used)
• 1⁄2 cup port wine
• 2  cinnamon sticks

Directions

1. Combine sugar, water and vinegar in a medium stainless steel saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
3. Add cranberries, return to a boil, reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Stir in port.
5. Place a cinnamon stick in sterilized jar.
6. Ladle sauce into jars to with 1/2 inch of rim.
7. Process 15 minutes in hot water bath for half pint jars.