Cranberry Port Sauce

Submitted by chia2160

"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: 35mins
• Ingredients: 6
• 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.

Reviews

[sahmcakediva]

I have been using this recipe every Thanksgiving since it first appeared in Bon Appetite a few years ago. I love it and normally I hate cranberry sauce. It's a definite crowd pleaser! *sorry got the magazine wrong!*

 

[Chef Kate]

This is SO good, Chia! Not at all as sweet as traditional cranberry sauce, but sweet enough to provide a lovely foil for roasts or to serve with a panna cotta or a custard. It was very good the night I made it, and then even better after it had spent a night in the fridge.

 

[Chef Dudo]

Not too tart, not too sweet, just perfect. The only thing I did different was to blend the sauce (we are not too fond of chunky sauces). For the rest I made it just as stated and wouldn't change a thing. The combination of fresh and dried cranberries is indeed delicious. The sauce also jelled up perfectly. So pleased I tried this recipe. Thanks for posting.