Cranberry Sauce - American Recipe

Cranberry Sauce

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Saucepan, Colander, Bowl, Potato-masher, Mould, Tablespoon

Simple cranberry sauce prepared in the traditional American way.

Ingredients

• 1 cup cranberries
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water

Method

1. Wash — the cranberries, put them in a saucepan, and add the water.
2. Set — the saucepan over the fire, and cook slowly until the cranberries are tender and may be easily mashed.
3. Mash — the cranberries through a colander into a bowl, using the potato-masher.
4. Stir — the sugar with the cranberries, put them back into the saucepan, and place again on the fire until the boiling-point is reached.
5. Pour — the sauce into a mould, and set in a cool place to stiffen.

Tags: sugar, cranberry · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)