Not Your Average Cranberry Sauce: Try These Fresh Twists on the Classic Condiment
Make the perfect sweet-tart accompaniment for your turkey with these creative spins on the Thanksgiving staple.
Sunset Staff
Ah, cranberry sauce, that most polarizing of condiments. There are those who favor the quivering cylinder of red goo right out of the can. You people know who you are and what you need to do to get your fix this year.
And then, of course, there are those who don’t think those bog-dwelling little berries belong anywhere near poultry. We’ve got you, but this isn’t your roundup, either.
If you fall somewhere in between militant traditionalism and the separatists; if you feel that cranberries have to be on the Thanksgiving table but you’re open to modernizing a little, the following recipes will be right up your alley. We’ve given the historically uber-sweet sauce a little tang, added a little spice, and even offered an alternative made from pickled quince.
However you sauce your bird this year, we hope your holiday is a sweet one.
Next-Level Cranberry Sauce Recipes
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Pure and Simple Cranberry Sauce
Nothing on your Thanksgiving menu is easier than cranberry sauce, whether you keep it classic or spice it up.
There will be nothing easier to make on your Thanksgiving menu than homemade cranberry sauce. The dried fruit in this variation on the basic sauce gives it an extra-special sweet component.
Nothing on your Thanksgiving menu is easier than cranberry sauce, whether you keep it classic or spice it up—in this case, with dried apples, which add a pleasant texture when simmered till soft.
This relish is incredibly spicy, but the raw cranberries, cilantro, and chiles add bright freshness. If you’re sensitive to spice, reduce the chiles by half.
Bright but not too sweet, this relish is great with turkey as an alternative—or addition—to cranberry relish. You’ll need three pint-size canning jars.