Cranberry sauce is a sweet and sour dressing mainly for meat and pastry dishes made from fresh cranberries. For example, in North America cranberry sauce is often served to turkey, and in the UK — to many kinds of birds (including chicken).
Sweet and sour cranberry sauce gives the dish of meat or poultry in a very special festive and bright taste. In addition, in some countries, traditionally served to refuel cheese dishes and cooking. Especially valued cranberries in the northern latitudes, where it abounds in large quantities. Here the people are aware of its healing power, and is used not only in cooking but also for medicinal purposes.
Cranberry sauce is unique, he is preparing a snap, and also very fast, it is enough to five to fifteen minutes (depending on availability of time and heat treatment). Density of cranberry sauce is achieved by boiling or adding flour, starch. Due to the sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper and other auxiliary ingredients may get exactly the color that you like.
Cranberry Sauce — preparation
To prepare the cranberry sauce, usually used fresh whole fruit. If those are not available, it will fit in the freezer and frozen berries. So, to make a delicious sauce is necessary to sort out cranberries, rinse it under running water, dry, knocking in a colander and then crushed using a blender. Sometimes puree for mass use «old» method — ordinary sieve.
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Cranberry Sauce — the best recipes
1 Recipe: Cranberry sauce for turkey
Introducing a simple American recipe cranberry sauce, traditionally served to turkey on Thanksgiving Day. However, it is quite possible to apply to any other type of poultry, meat, fish and, of course, tea with Russian pancakes and fluffy pancakes.
Ingredients:
- 3 cup cranberry
- zest of one orange
- 1cup sugar
- ½ orange juice (preferably natural)
- ½ cup red wine
Preparation:
Put the ingredients in a deep enameled capacity, bring a lot to a boil, fire diminish to a minimum seething and boiled until the cranberries will not burst. When the berries give off juice and sauce thickens, turn off the stove. Let cool slightly Massu and ground using a blender. Ready cranberry sauce can be refrigerated for a long time.
Recipe 2: Cranberry sauce for meat
About an unusual combination of meat with cranberry sauce known for a long time. The sauce in this recipe is universal, that is suitable for any kind of meat, it is very fast and easy, but any dish turns into a celebratory feast.
Ingredients:
500 g. cranberry
- 150 g. onion
- 300 g. sand sugar
- 150 g. apple cider vinegar
- pinch cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- pinch of allspice
- pinch of garlic powder
- pinch of celery seed
- 1 cup water
Preparation:
Cranberries and chopped onions fill a glass of water, bring to a boil. Cover pan tightlywith a lid and simmer the berries for about ten minutes on low heat. Further mass was passed through a blender and then drop into the pot, add all the spices and vinegar.Bring to a boil and simmer the sauce to ketchup homogeneous state. Ready cranberry sauce is cooled and fed to any meat — fried, steamed, baked or boiled.
