Home-made Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

  • 275g/10oz Cranberries
  • Cinnamon stick
  • 5 tbsp Water
  • 175g/6oz Golden Caster Sugar
  • Rind & Juice of 1 Orange
  • 3 tbsp Cointreau - optional but wow it is good

The How-To bit :

  1. Put the cranberries into a pan with 5 tablespoons of water with the cinnamon stick. Boil for 10 minutes until the skins start to burst.
  2. Add the sugar, orange juice, rind and Cointreau. Stir until sugar has dissolved.
  3. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and leave to bubble for 5 to 8 minutes until thickened.
  4. Remove the cinnamon stick
  5. Pop into Jars
  6. Leave to chill until required.

Sauce keeps for 4 to 6 days in a fridge.