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Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce

November 30, 2015 by laurenpacek 4 Comments

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This Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce is sweet, tart, and full of cider flavor. It’s the perfect accompaniment to all of your holiday dishes.

Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce | A Nerd Cooks

True story: My husband loves canned cranberry sauce.  He gets his own personal can at every Thanksgiving. I mean, to each his own. But I prefer a cranberry sauce that’s a little less cylindrical in its natural state.

Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce | A Nerd Cooks

The Beeroness has some really great cranberry sauce recipes that uses beer as one of the ingredients. I took my inspiration for this cranberry sauce from her, but I swapped the beer for hard cider and reduced the amount of sugar a bit.

In terms of cider, I went with Sweet Carolina from Bull City Ciderworks. It’s not too sweet, and is infused with local honey. Use any hard cider you like, though. You could easily do this with a citrusy beer of your choosing, too.

Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce | A Nerd Cooks
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Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 cups
Author: Lauren Pacek
Ingredients
  • 12 oz. fresh cranberries
  • 1 cup hard craft cider
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • zest of 1 orange
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a medium sauce pan over medium heat.  

  2. Once things have come up to a simmer, cook for 15 minutes or so. The longer you allow it to cook, the thicker it will become.

  3. Remove the cranberry sauce to a bowl and let it cool. It will continue to thicken as it cools.

That’s all there is to it!

Hard Cider Cranberry Sauce | A Nerd Cooks

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