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Christmas Cranberry-Orange Sauce

🥕 Side dish🎄 Christmas
A jewel-bright cranberry sauce scented with orange and star anise, made to bring a festive touch to the Christmas table.
10 min prep20 min cookEasy8 servings
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Method
1
Rinse the cranberries and discard any soft or damaged berries.
2
Finely grate the orange zest.
3
Squeeze the orange juice into a measuring jug.
4
Add water until the juice and water total 180 ml.
5
Combine the cranberries, sugar, orange zest, juice mixture, star anise, and salt in a saucepan.
6
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.
7
Reduce the heat to low.
8
Simmer for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most cranberries have burst and the sauce has thickened.
9
Remove the saucepan from the heat.
10
Remove the star anise used for cooking.
11
Cool the sauce to room temperature.
12
Chill the sauce until ready to serve.
13
Spoon the sauce into a serving bowl for the Christmas table.
14
Garnish with the remaining whole star anise.
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