Port Wine Cranberry Sauce - Silky And Smooth
- 22.2 ounces fresh cranberries (6 cups) sort through, rinsed in cold water and drained (it was 2 12 ounce packs picked through)
- 1 cup moscovado sugar
- 1 cup Red Port Wine (the better the wine, the better your sauce)
- 1/4 cup orange juice - frshly squeezed
- 1/4 cup tangerine juice, freshly squeezed
- 6 pieces orange rind (without the white part)
- 6 pieces tangerine rind (without the white part)
- 1 tablespoon Sechuan Pepper crushed in mortar
- 1/2 lime - freshly squeezed juice
- Put all the ingredients in a non reactive pan and mix well over high heat, stiring continuously to dissolve the sugar. When it reaches boiling point turn off the heat and let marinate overnight.
- Put the pan back over medium heat and when it reaches boilng point, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally - the berries will all pop open and release their juice. The sauce will thicken due to the high content of pectin that the cranberries have.
- Put a medium mesh sieve over a bowl, pour the cranberry sauce in 2 or 3 goes, pressing the sauce with the back of a small ladle to get all the juices out. You will have a silky smooth sauce.
- Put the sauce back in the pan, bring it to a boil, remove from the heat, add the lime juice, stir and fill the jars.
- Serve with turkey on Thanksgiving Day or with roast pork and keep some to serve with chocolate desserts and vanilla ice-cream.
cranberries, moscovado sugar, red port wine, orange juice frshly squeezed, tangerine juice, orange rind, tangerine rind, pepper, lime freshly squeezed juice
Taken from food52.com/recipes/1506-port-wine-cranberry-sauce-silky-and-smooth (may not work)