This homemade cranberry sauce is so easy and fun to make. With pineapple as the sweet compliment to the tart cranberries, this holiday side aims to impress.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time22 minutesmins
Total Time37 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cranberry, sauce
Servings: 4people
Calories: 95kcal
Ingredients
12ozbag of fresh cranberries
1 cupcanned or fresh pineapple (reserve juice and use remaining pineapple later)If using fresh you will need to juice some
1/2cupsugar
1/2 cupwalnutsNuts are optional
1tsplemon juice
Instructions
Drain pineapple juices into a measuring cup. Add water to make one cup of liquid
1 cup canned or fresh pineapple (reserve juice and use remaining pineapple later)
Place cranberries, the cup of liquid (this is just the pineapple juice and the water, you will use the pineapple later), and sugar into a medium sauce pot. Stir.
12 oz bag of fresh cranberries, 1 cup canned or fresh pineapple (reserve juice and use remaining pineapple later), 1/2 cup sugar
Bring to a boil over medium heat until all cranberries have popped and the mixture is thickened, stirring every now and then.
Once all the cranberries are popped, remove the sauce pot from the heat and add the nuts (optional), lemon juice and pineapple. Mix and pour into a bowl and let cool. Once cool, the cranberry sauce mixture will be jelled and ready to serve.
1/2 cup walnuts, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 cup canned or fresh pineapple (reserve juice and use remaining pineapple later)