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Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Petite Sirah

November 6, 2015 by Talia Bunting 3 Comments

Brian Regan‘s riff about the cranberry salesman who figured that he could mix his cranberries with just about anything in the grocery store underscores a truth.  Cranberries are a lot more versatile than many of us recognize. They can add unexpected zest to an otherwise pedestrian Thanksgiving. Today I share my take on the cranberry sauce recipe. Hopefully it does for your Thanksgiving table what the cran-man realized it could do for juice.

Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Petit Sirah

 

My Notes about My Cranberry Sauce Recipe

If you like your cranberry sauce tart, you can start out with only 1/2 cup of sugar and add more if necessary.

As the cranberries cook and get closer to being ready, they will pop. This is totally normal. You don’t need to frantically turn off the stove and run for cover (like some people I know).

Cranberry Sauce Recipe

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Cranberry Sauce with Petite Sirah
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
20 mins
 
Serves: 3 cups
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of petite sirah
  • 1 bag of cranberries
  • 1 teaspoon of orange zest
  • ¾ - 1cup of sugar
  • ½ teaspoon of fresh thyme, chopped
Instructions
  1. Combine wine, cranberries and ¾ cup of sugar in saucepan. Bring to a boil.
  2. Add thyme and zest and reduce to simmer.
  3. Simmer for about 10 minutes, cranberries will begin popping.
  4. When thickened and jammy, remove from heat and taste. Add remaining ¼ cup of sugar if necessary.
  5. Serve while warm.
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Comments

  1. Diane Harris says

    November 6, 2015 at 11:05 am

    And the best part is that there has got to be left over petite sirah! Oh what to do, what to do? Talia, are you using dried or fresh thyme? I grow herbs, and might use an orange balsam thyme, if I have some; it’s hard to find in the garden nurseries, but so very good in cooking.

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    • Talia Bunting says

      November 6, 2015 at 11:26 am

      and really that’s the point of cooking with wine:) Yes, I used fresh, I totally forgot to mention that! I will rectify it! And using orange balsam thyme sounds delicious! I’m going to try it for actual thanksgiving, assuming I can find any!

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    November 23, 2015 at 7:40 am

    […] love it almost as much as I love Thanksgiving dinner. I won’t lie to you, I make a lot of cranberry sauce so that I can eat these sandwiches for a week. (If I run out of turkey sometimes I pick up a […]

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