How do you make cranberry sauce from scratch?

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

There have been about a million posts about this in the past few days 🙂
The recipe is on the bag of cranberries. Use less sugar if you'd like to.
But you really need to start *now* and let it sit in the refrigerator at
least over night.

Jill

"Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

I just finished making the 2007 Gourmet magazine version which includes
Grappa. For 20 ounces of cranberries, weighed from 2 bags of 12 ounces
each, it took 1.75 cups of sugar. I would have liked it slightly tarter,
but hey. So maybe 1 cup per 12 ounce package?

The first challenge here is getting cranberries. My kid smuggled them in
for me. I can buy Grappa anywhere for as little as 6 bucks a bottle, but
cranberries rank up there with snipe for rarity. Anyway, it's done and
refrigerating and it tasted good. It was messy to make, using lots of pots
and bowls and a food mill, Easy, but messy. Their instructions included
pressing it through a china cap and a dishtowel and would have been even
worse.

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

I use 2/3 cup of sugar for a 12oz bag.

Giusi said:

"Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggionews:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

I just finished making the 2007 Gourmet magazine version which includes
Grappa. For 20 ounces of cranberries, weighed from 2 bags of 12 ounces
each, it took 1.75 cups of sugar. I would have liked it slightly tarter,
but hey. So maybe 1 cup per 12 ounce package?

The first challenge here is getting cranberries. My kid smuggled them in
for me. I can buy Grappa anywhere for as little as 6 bucks a bottle, but
cranberries rank up there with snipe for rarity. Anyway, it's done and
refrigerating and it tasted good. It was messy to make, using lots of pots
and bowls and a food mill, Easy, but messy. Their instructions included
pressing it through a china cap and a dishtowel and would have been even
worse.

I think that difficulty getting the cranberries, even in the US, was
the reason so many people relied on the canned glop for many years.

But you don't want to re-create the canned glop! One of the great
things about making the sauce fresh is leaving in the lumps. It
tastes much much better that way. Dump the china cap.

Grappa has no place anywhere near cranberry sauce in my book. It's a
sturdy New England Yankee dish and they only take a little medicinal
brandy on their deathbeds.

Susan B.

"sueb" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Giusi said:

"Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel
messaggionews:[email hidden]...

I just finished making the 2007 Gourmet magazine version which includes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Grappa.

Quoted message said:

But you don't want to re-create the canned glop! One of the great things
about making the sauce fresh is leaving in the lumps. It tastes much much
better that way. Dump the china cap.

Grappa has no place anywhere near cranberry sauce in my book. It's a
sturdy New England Yankee dish and they only take a little medicinal
brandy on their deathbeds.

Susan B.

I was a sturdy New Englander myself, and we also will be having the other
kind made by a couple from Texas. But I have loved many versions, plain and
fancy. Cranberry Jezebel is one of my faves, but since we are feasting in
Italy I decided to make this version as well.

Even milling the lumpy kind, which does jell, still doesn't taste like the
tinned kind. If tinned were all there were, I'd eat that. I just love
cranberries.
--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

"Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

Use about 1/2 cup of sugar, use orange juice instead of water and toss in
some chopped candied ginger too.

Paul

George said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

I use 2/3 cup of sugar for a 12oz bag.

So do I, and a cup of water.

Serene

Oh pshaw, on Wed 21 Nov 2007 09:34:11a, Karen AKA Kajikit meant to say...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

Usually there's a recipe on the bag of cranberries. You could start with
2/3-3/4 cup of sugar. I have seen people use as much as a cup to a cup and
a half. It all depends on your preference.

--
November 15th,2007
¦ A mind is a terrible thing to lose... ¦
|_| _, _ _
| |(_||_)|_)\_|
___ | ._|
| |_ _ ,_ |/ , _ . .,_ _
| | |(_|| ||\/_)(_|||/|| |(_|
___ ._| ._|
.'=:-\
/.='( ` give thanks...
/. ^=.'-._..---.

I know the original poster wants to make a sauce with Cranberries but
the poster is also concerned with the fact that Cranberries are so
damn bitter that you need a ton of sugar to make them eatable as a
sauce. I think nutritional concerns were also mentioned. I would
suggest looking at Cranberries......in a way other than as an
ingrediant for a sauce. Forget about the sugar (processed) and think
of Cranberries as a [censored]-bitter flavouring for a salad. I have put
whole and fresh cranberries through the food processor then used the
fine particles to flavour salads that are chicken ceasars or oriental
salads or whatever.....gives a nice edge to the taste of any salad
dressing used and can be complimented and contrasted in a variety of
salads with the use of small (mandarin-like) oranges.....you
cansprinkle or mix in as much as you want depending on what kind of
taste you are looking for.........if nutritional value is what you are
looking for then I think this is a lot better way to get cranvberries
into your body than by preparing as a sweet sauce full of processed
sugar.

Cheers

TJ

Wayne Boatwright said:

Oh pshaw, on Wed 21 Nov 2007 09:34:11a, Karen AKA Kajikit meant to say...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

Usually there's a recipe on the bag of cranberries. You could start with
2/3-3/4 cup of sugar. I have seen people use as much as a cup to a cup and
a half. It all depends on your preference.

Giusi said:

The first challenge here is getting cranberries.

I'm surprised. Cranberries, even those labelled as such and imported
from America or Canada, are easy to find here in Germany. Moosbeeren
(same thing but locally grown) also can be found. Have you looked for
mortelle di palude?

Victor

Wayne Boatwright said:

Oh pshaw, on Wed 21 Nov 2007 09:34:11a, Karen AKA Kajikit meant to say...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

Usually there's a recipe on the bag of cranberries. You could start with
2/3-3/4 cup of sugar. I have seen people use as much as a cup to a cup and
a half. It all depends on your preference.

The recipe on the bag actually says to use a cup and a half of sugar
for 12 ounces of berries, and it seemed like WAY too much to me! I'm
glad to hear that confirmed. I'll try 3/4 of a cup and see how it
works out - if we hate it, there's canned stuff in the cupboard for a
backup :P

So I just put the berries in a saucepan with water and sugar and stew
them until they burst? Then chill overnight? Well, I'm off to try it
out!

jmcquown said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

There have been about a million posts about this in the past few days 🙂
The recipe is on the bag of cranberries. Use less sugar if you'd like to.
But you really need to start *now* and let it sit in the refrigerator at
least over night.

There may have been... but there's also been so much spam that I
haven't had time to weed it out and find them! The recipe on the bag
sounded like far too much sugar (1-1/2 cups for one bag?!) I'll try
half that, as various posters have suggested and see how it works
out...

"Karen AKA Kajikit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

I just do it to taste. I generally use an artificial sweetener because we
have a lot of diabetics in the family.

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

The recipe on the bag actually says to use a cup and a half of sugar
for 12 ounces of berries, and it seemed like WAY too much to me! I'm
glad to hear that confirmed. I'll try 3/4 of a cup and see how it
works out - if we hate it, there's canned stuff in the cupboard for a
backup :P

You can always add more sugar, but you can't take it out.

🙂

--
See return address to reply by email
remove the smiley face first

In article <[email hidden]>,

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

We usually have that tinned glop that tastes like jam... I don't
actually mind it, but it's not exactly healthy, and we're trying to
eat right, so I lashed out and bought a bag of real fresh cranberries
for us! Now how do I make them into something edible to have with our
turkey and ham tomorrow? What's the minimum amount of sugar you need
for one bag of cranberries?

Follow the recipe on the back of the bag. Minimum amount of sugar? I
don't know. I'd reduce it by a third, maybe, and I'm not sure I'd use
less than half the amount in the recipe. Chew on a couple cranberries,
Karen -- they're pretty [censored].
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

sf said:

Karen AKA Kajikit said:

The recipe on the bag actually says to use a cup and a half of sugar
for 12 ounces of berries, and it seemed like WAY too much to me! I'm
glad to hear that confirmed. I'll try 3/4 of a cup and see how it
works out - if we hate it, there's canned stuff in the cupboard for a
backup :P

You can always add more sugar, but you can't take it out.

🙂

Exactly! 3/4 of a cup seemed okay... John actually said it was a
little sweet, but I hate bitter flavours... we'll see how it is cold.

"Victor Sack" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Giusi said:

The first challenge here is getting cranberries.

I'm surprised. Cranberries, even those labelled as such and imported
from America or Canada, are easy to find here in Germany. Moosbeeren
(same thing but locally grown) also can be found. Have you looked for
mortelle di palude?

Victor

Apparently in big cities some stores have them frozen or occasionally fresh,
but I live in a small city where both cranberries and cheddar are considered
extremely exotic and no one has ever tasted them except at my house. I
might have found them in Rome or Torino or Milan, but I am hours by train
from those cities.

Every time I make any cake/torte with a glaze, my cook friend will clap her
hands and say, "Ahhh, sciroppo di acero! Mi piace tanto." (ahh, maple
syrup! I like it very much.)
--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

G'day TJ,

I was interested to see this post of yours. It does sound like a more
interesting way to use cranberries than those cranberry flavoured
cordials people have been posting.

The thread got me interested because a mate of mine here in the deep
north of the deep south mentioned just last Sunday that he had tried
cranberries for the first time -- and found them virtually inedible!

Frankly, I didn't even know you could buy the damn things here, so I
was a bit surprised when he mentioned them. He certainly wouldn't
want them with sugar, and I actually doubt he would bother with your
approach anyway, but I'll mention it to him (at the pub tomorrow
evening 🙂 and he might try again. I might even give them a go that
way myself, if there are still any in town. :-)

In article <[email hidden]>, TJ

Quoted message said:

I know the original poster wants to make a sauce with Cranberries but
the poster is also concerned with the fact that Cranberries are so
damn bitter that you need a ton of sugar to make them eatable as a
sauce. I think nutritional concerns were also mentioned. I would
suggest looking at Cranberries......in a way other than as an
ingrediant for a sauce. Forget about the sugar (processed) and think
of Cranberries as a [censored]-bitter flavouring for a salad. I have put
whole and fresh cranberries through the food processor then used the
fine particles to flavour salads that are chicken ceasars or oriental
salads or whatever.....gives a nice edge to the taste of any salad
dressing used and can be complimented and contrasted in a variety of
salads with the use of small (mandarin-like) oranges.....you
can sprinkle or mix in as much as you want depending on what kind of
taste you are looking for.........if nutritional value is what you are
looking for then I think this is a lot better way to get cranvberries
into your body than by preparing as a sweet sauce full of processed
sugar.

What nutritional value do they have? Are they just one of the *many*
things that are too sour to eat but are promoted as having the world's
greatest concentration of vitamin C? (I'm heartily sick of this
"vitamin C" promotion in all the "health" books and articles. Anyone
would think from reading that sort of [censored] that vitamin C was all you
needed for a healthy life! Jesus wept! As they say, one is born
every minute! 🙂

Cheers, Phred.

--
[email hidden]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:48:34 -0800 (PST), sueb <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Grappa has no place anywhere near cranberry sauce in my book. It's a
sturdy New England Yankee dish and they only take a little medicinal
brandy on their deathbeds.

Susan B.

“I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a
snake--which I also keep handy.” ~W.C. Fields

your pal,
blake