Spicey Cranberry Sauce anyone?

that sounds great, will give it a go, thanks

Once you make this Yorks, you would not touch the bought stuff! It is very easy believe me.

it sounds great, glad you put it on here.

You are welcome.

I'm with you on this one, Grandmage, can't beat home made cranberry sauce, nothing like that shop stuff, which is more like jam really. I'm not keen on cloves, unfortunately, but might try your recipe - have one of my own I do every year, just cranberries, bit of water, sugar and, like you, a jolly good slug of port, cook till berries burst. Last year I had some left over, but not enough to go with the pork I was cooking, so I added some cooking apples and plums - I have to say, if anything, it was even more delicious than my regular cranberry sauce...

hi madge you are doing well.... i will def be trying it . as bin making jam this year 2. i love cranberry ,s yum
i have a load of plumes in frezzer as welll ermmmmmmmm ooooo lovely . happy cooking ;o))))

sounds great grandmage, i think i can smell it now! i agree home made is best and now karensusan tells me that i can grow cranberries in my garden ~ so maybe next year ~ homegrown and home made!!

I also make my own. I'll try your recipe and Im sure it will be even better than usual! Gone to faves! p.s. I use Cointreau which adds another orangey dimension, instead of Port.

Hmm, cointreau, now there's a thought - trouble is, I end up using whatever it is I've got, and all I've got is ginger wine and port!

Yum. Love Ginger wine in whisky when my throat is sore!

I don't like alcohol really - ginger wine's great, baileys, Pimms, but I hate the taste of all the rest of it, worse than cough medicine, especially gin and whisky.

Oh, but you will do fine on your special little collection there Bamboo! Have you tried winter Pimms yet? It's a very seasonal tipple at this time of year!

i think ginger and cranberry could be very good.

Yes, I was thinking same Sticki!

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Sounds lovely! If you like cointreau try this: the next time you fancy making fruit loaf, soak the fruit in cointreau and the juice of a freshly squeezed lime. Grate the skin of the lime and add to the mixture. It sounds like a strange mixture, but when I had a slice of date cake someone had made, most of the rest of the cake disappeared rather quickly!

im not surprised it disappeared, sounds like a brilliant idea. i shall definitely try that!
just wondering about other combinations now ~ cherry b with raisins in a chocolate cake??

That sounds great! I will refund the postage plus a bit for making it......

Some great ideas on here folks, like the sound of cointreau Ks. might use both!, I would say though if using Cointreau then use less sugar so its not too sweet.
Bamboo, just leave out the cloves, I know loads of people who just don't like them. Also I dont drink any alchohol at all but I like it in recipes, suppose its not so strong that way. Amaretto is one of my faves in coffee!. Sticki this is such an easy recipe but so tasty and nice with the cold meats and leftovers. The thing about this recipe Cristina is that you can add or take out the bits you dont like but leave the port in, its just makes it.

It sounds fantastic GM.....I'll be trying it. I never thought to have cranberry sauce with pork pie.....That's something I'll have to try next time I'm lucky enough to get some pork pie.
I like Cream Amaretto in Earl Grey tea....Called a 'London Fog'. And Godiva liqueur in Hot Chocolate. Yummmm

Hi GM

Thanks for the recipe - I make my own sauce too but usually just cook the cranberries with some freshly squeezed orange juice, orange zest and a drop of other pure orange juice if needed.

Have you tried it on ice cream - I always make extra so that I have enough for this.

I will definately try your recipe too this year.

Hi Gilli, we always have pork pie and salad etc. on the christmas tea table so its one way of using up the sauce, delicious, also amaretto in tea!!!! hmmmm.nice.
Hi Mariek just add a little port to your recipe with less orange juice, sounds good, as I said its an easy recipe to adapt, and on ice cream! lovely. Have you tried Soya vanilla ice cream it is so yummy, our grandson has to have it due to an allergy and we all like it better than the full milk version! + cranberry sauce, bingo, a nice light sweet.

I tell you what else cranberry sauce is great with - toasted goat's cheese, you know those little round ones, forgotten what they're called, quite soft - you stick them under the grill on a piece of foil till they're brown on top and oozing, get ready some ciabatta (preferably) toast or ordinary toast on a plate, surround with salad leaves, stick the grilled cheese on the toast, drizzle (or dollop, more usually) liberal amounts of cranberry sauce over, makes a really great light snack or lunch.

its very easy to make your own pork pie, i have made one with sausagemeat and chicken but i have a new one which seems to go down well ~ spicy chicken pie which has spicy peach chutney in it!

Mmmmmmmmmm, my mouth is watering!! Bamboo I have grown allergic to goats cheese, but I could use camembert instead couldn't I ? Sticki think that's a recipe you should put on a blog!

Yes, I'd imagine that would be a good substitute - how odd though, I can't eat a lot of cheeses now, specially blues, but I can still eat goat's cheese - occasionally!

I wondered if it was too strong for me although I love Stilton and St. Agur etc. so do not know why!! My fave is cambouzola (not sure of spelling) its yummy, a mix of camembert & gorgonzola.

Oh, cambazola, was one of my favourites, along with dolcelatte and blue stilton - can't eat 'em any more, allergic to blue cheeses now, woe is me... I dunno, bad enough getting old without having to give up foods I've loved as well...

Brie and cranberry sauce baked in a nice flaky pastry is wonderful.
I had to switch to goat milk and cheeses when I was nursing my son. He reacted to the cow's milk and products in my diet. He is fine with cow's milk now. I guess he outgrew the allergy.

I think I will also give it a try.And please don't forget to post some photos when you get a new computer.

Hi Gilli,it's strange isn't it that so many young ones get an allergy to cows milk, we didnt realise that it was what my daughter was eating that made her son poorly, however he is fine with soya products now and he can have certain things as long as we read the label.
Camillia, hopefully only another week now before I can put photos on again. Enjoy your cranberries.

ive put my recipe for spicy chicken pie on a blog.

oooooohhhhh, lovely Sticki ! Thanks

The doctor told me that milk allergies are common but it's one of the allergies that babies usually grow out of GM. I hope your Grandson does. My son was always fine if the milk was cooked as in baking etc. He also was fine with Yogurt and cheese. Now he's 20 years old and anything goes.
He was also allergic to eggs but the same thing with that...he outgrew it. His allergy to peanuts however, is still there.

Funny you should say that Gilli, Dylan is only 3 at mo. so my daughter has started giving him little doses of things with milk in every now and then and he has been alright. He cannot tolerate yog.or cheese or milk chocolate though, but he is young yet. As you say fingers crossed he might grown out of it. When we bake cakes we leave the milk out and use juice instead.

Always make my own, using almost identical recipe, and use either sherry, whisky, or port (most of the taste disappears in the simmering, but adding just an extra "swig" leaves a hint of taste, so not too alcoholic. Hic! Nothing like it in the stores.

David you are right, there is nothing like it at all in the shops, much better home made, no nasty chemicals either!

Does putting your cranberry sauce into a kilner jar mean it will keep until Christmas, if you make it now... a bit like jam? All the recipes I have looked at say it will last three days in the fridge. I bought a kilner jar in Ikea with my cranberry sauce in mind.
What is winter Pimms Karen?

I think it will keep for a good month or maybe even more, with all that sugar and booze in it it's bound too!!!! Linda I put it in Kilner jars for gifts only, with my own it goes into any container and I cover it in cling film til I use it!

Thanks! Grandmage. I'll make it next week.

Of course Linda you could put your own in a kilner jar, it would look very posh on the table then!!! Lol

Thanks again for the reciepe added to my favourites.

Hope you enjoy it 6d. x

I m sure I will Grandmadge thanks.

Oh no...all this is making me drool...and now I've got to find Sticky's spicy chicken pie recipe too:-(

Bornagain, its the season to be jolly! Enjoy.

Isn't this a brilliant site? :-))

I agree :~))

Hi Grandmage thank you for leaving me a comment .
You have loads of comments here you must be a popular lady and nice with it ,Your recipe for cranberry sauce sounds yummy .
Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year to you and your family .

Thank you, how kind! I have sent greetings to you too.

Lovely Grandmage - I love cooking - so give this a go - thanks :):)

Paul it is meant to go with the turkey really, but if you can get fresh cranberries still, then try it with cold meats etc. Hope you enjoy, ours was delicious.

I drink cordial cranberry - supposed to help urinary /kidneysystem :)

Oh yes, I know that one Paul, great for us ladies too!! Do you make your own then?

No just buy it from Morrisons :D I read about good diets for kidneys as a past (hopefully) kidney stone sufferer - quite early in life too

They are quite painful (stones) aren't they? Amazing that cranberry juice helps isn't it?

yes certainly is - also lemon juice dissolve stones apparently - seem to work

Kidney stones is like the pain of appendicitis - it is especially bad because it is intense cramps that do not go off at all

Paul - highest content of cranberries is in Ocean Spray Long life Cranberry juice, believe it or not.
But a note of caution, people - if you're on anti coagulant treatments such as warfarin or heparin, do not take more than one very small glass, or a dessertspoonful, of cranberries daily - it thins the blood, and in some people, can cause haemorrhaging if you're on any of those drugs.

Thanks Bamboo - that's the stuff we buy - I drink around half ltre well diluted - and drink all the time through day -water with lemon