Favorite Cranberry Sauce Extraordinaire

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This cranberry sauce features orange juice, orange zest, crystallized ginger, toasted pecans, and supreme Saigon cinnamon to make an extraordinary side dish on Thanksgiving.

Ingredients

1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries, rinsed
1 medium orange, finely zested, divided
1 crystallized ginger
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon (such as Supreme Saigon®)

Directions

1 Combine orange juice and both sugars in a saucepan over medium heat and allow the sugar to melt down. Add cranberries, 3/4 of the orange zest, and crystallized ginger.
2 Cook sauce, mashing down berries, over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
3 Meanwhile, toast pecans in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
4 Stir cinnamon and chopped pecans into the cranberry sauce until well combined. Transfer cranberry sauce to a serving dish and top with remaining orange zest.