Spiced Cranberry Sauce

We have tried this Spiced Cranberry Sauce with the Porcini Mushrooms Stuffing in warm Rosemary Christmas Bread Buns, and it is heaven! This one is the best cranberry sauce we have tried!

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Although Cranberry Sauce is associated with Thanksgiving dinner and holidays, we crave them year-round. We use it for our breakfast fruit bowls and as a topping for porridge (warm oatmeal), just as we would use our applesauce.

It is also a staple in our Thanksgiving table and we love pairing it with our easy vegan buttermilk and gluten-free cornbread recipe, and vegan pumpkin pie, made with a 5-minutes pumpkin spice mix and the no-roll vegan pie crust.

Ingredients

• Dry cranberries
• Fresh ginger
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Maple syrup
• Cloves

Optionally a teabag and one clementine.

See quantities and full instructions in the recipe card.

Instructions

Hydrate the dry cranberries with a teabag of your preferred tea for five minutes. If not using tea, just hydrate with water.

Heat a pan and add the cranberries with its water. If using the clementine, add the freshly squeezed juice and cinnamon, sticks, and cloves.

Add ginger. Once the cranberries start to wilt, add the ginger, nutmeg and simmer further. You can add water if the cranberries are drying too much.

Add the sweetener

Simmer.

Remove the cinnamon sticks and the cloves.

Storing

This sauce freezes and thaws perfectly well. Just leave it in the refrigerator overnight before using it.

I like to put it on top of my Homemade Granola Bowls and use it both on my Oats and Chia Pudding or Breakfast Fruit Bowl as an option when we have run out of fresh fruit.

Tips for using

Apart from enjoying this delicious sauce on Holidays, you can also enjoy it year-round.

Pair the Cranberry Sauce with some nice Vegan Bread Buns or in your morning breakfast fruit bowl.

Not only does it adds a beautiful flavor but some delicious spices to our mornings... and spices are great for our health!

Health benefits of cranberries

These bitter and sour fruits have some profound benefits. Cranberries are superfoods as they are high in antioxidants and have compounds that may have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.

They may also:

Help with gut and urinary tract health, keep your mouth healthy and improve eyesight and cardiovascular health.

More Vegan Sauce Recipes

• Creamy Vegan Sauce
• Vegan Arugula Pesto
• 5-Minutes Vegan Basil Pesto
• 3 Ingredients Pasta Sauce

Our suggested Vegan Christmas Menu Post

• Truffled Mashed Potatoes
• Green Beans with Flaked Toasted Almonds
• Vegan Sweet Potato and Eggplant Casserole
• Onions Stuffed with Porcini Mushrooms and Christmas Stuffing
• Christmas Rosemary Bread Buns

If you try any of these recipes, let us know! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag a photo #ourplantbasedworld on Instagram. Cheers!

Recipe: Spiced Cranberry Sauce

Gus

We have tried this Spiced Cranberry Sauce with the Porcini Mushrooms Stuffing in warm rosemary Christmas bread buns, and it is heaven! This is the best cranberry sauce we have tried! Enjoy!

5 from 29 votes

Print Recipe

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Preparation, Sauce

Cuisine American, Holidays, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings 4 Servings

Calories 78 kcal

Equipment

• Medium Saucepan

Ingredients

 

CupsMetric

 

1x2x3x

• 1 cup cranberries dry
• 5 cloves
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup or agave syrup
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ginger grated

Optional (and recommended):

• 1 tea bag ginger or cinnamon tea
• 1 clementine or orange

Instructions

 

• Hydrate. Place the dry cranberries in a bowl with 1 cup of hot water and a teabag for 5 minutes.
  1 cup cranberries, 1 tea bag
• Heat a pan and add the cranberries with its water.
  1 cup cranberries
• Season. If using the clementine, add the freshly squeezed juice and cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Cook, stirring regularly for around 5 minutes.
  3 cinnamon sticks, 1 clementine, 5 cloves
• Add the ginger. Once the cranberries start to wilt, add the nutmeg and simmer further. You can add water if the cranberries are drying too much.
  ½ teaspoon ginger, ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• Add sweetener. Next, add the maple syrup and taste. Cranberries are sour, and you want to get the sweet just right. You may want to add more syrup.
  3 tablespoons maple syrup
• Simmer. Continue to simmer; at this stage, it should look more like a cranberry jam.
• Remove the cinnamon sticks and the cloves.
  3 cinnamon sticks, 5 cloves
• Store. You can add to a jar, cool down, and store it in the fridge for later, or serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 3mgPotassium: 104mgFiber: 3gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 23IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 1mg

Keyword clementine, cranberry, cranberry sauce, holidays, quick

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