Fresh Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving

Fresh Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving

Prep work:

Preheat the Pizza e cucina wood-fired oven. The cooking will be done on the cast-iron stove top.

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup dry red wine
  • 1 12 oz package fresh cranberries
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 3 long strips of orange zest
  • pomegranate seeds to garnish
  • mint leaf to garnish
Pomegranates, cinnamon and wine waiting to be cooked with cranberries in the Fontana wood-fired oven

Thoroughly wash all cranberries under running water.

Cranberry sauce made in the Fontana wood-fired oven

Place the cranberries in a bowl with water and make sure to remove blemished berries.

Washing cranberries to be made in the Fontana wood-fired oven

Pour 2/3 cup sugar into a pan.

Sugar in water to be made with cranberries to be fixed in the wood-burning oven

Add 3/4 cup dry, red wine to the sugar.

Wine to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

Place a cinnamon stick with the wine and sugar.

Cinnamon to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

Peel a few slivers of zest of an orange making sure to avoid the white part of the rind.

Orange rind to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

 Add 3 orange slivers to the pan.

Orange rind to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

 Squeeze the orange until you get about 1/4th cup of juice.

Orange juice to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

Add the orange juice to the wine mixture.

Orange juice to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-burning oven

 Place the pan on the stove top of the Fontana Pizza e Cucina wood-fired oven.

Wine brine to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

Allow the mixture to gently simmer for about 4 minutes, or until the sugar has completely dissolved and the wine has reduced.  

It is time to add the fresh cranberries to the liquid.

It is time to add the fresh cranberries to the liquid.

Wine brine to be cooked down with cranberries in wood-fired oven

Bring all ingredients to a boil and allow them to simmer for about 10 minutes.

Cranberries placed in wine brine to be cooked over the Fontana wood-burning oven

This is how the sauce will look after about 10 minutes.

Cranberries in wine brine cooked over the Fontana wood-fired oven

When the sauce has thickened and the cranberries are soft you are almost ready to serve.

Cranberries in wine brine cooked over the Fontana wood-fired oven

For presentation, texture and flavor you can add some fresh pomegranate seeds at the very end.

Pomegranate put into reduced cranberry sauce cooked over fontana wood-burning oven

Place the sauce in your favorite dish and serve it either warm or chilled.

Reduced red wine, pomegranate cranberry sauce cooked in Fontana brick oven

So simple and so delicious! Enjoy!

What are your favorite dishes for Thanksgiving and the Holidays?

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