Cranberry Sauce with Orange

(Bon Appetit, November 1997, pg. 164.)


  * 3/4 cup water
  * 1/2 cup packed golden brown sugar
  * 1 12 ounce package cranberries, about 3 cups
  * 2 teaspoons grated orange peel, or 2/3 teaspoons dried orange peel
 

  1. Stir water and sugar in heavy saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring mixture to a boil.

  2. Add cranberries and orange peel.

  3. Reduce heat and simmer till cranberries burst, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Mixture will thicken as it cools.

  Yield about 2 cups.