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+# Cranberry sauce
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+
+## Ingredients
+- 100g/3½oz light brown sugar
+- 100ml/3½fl oz fresh orange juice
+- 250g/9oz fresh or frozen cranberries
+- zest of 1 clementine, finely grated
+- 2tbp port or Cointreau to taste (optional)
+---
+
+## Method
+1. Combine the sugar and orange juice in a large saucepan and bring to the boil
+2. Stir in the cranberries and clementine zest, then simmer until the cranberries are tender but still holding their shape – this will take about 5 minutes if using frozen cranberries and a little longer if using fresh 
+3. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and stir in the port/Cointreau (if using)
+4. Refrigerate until needed, the sauce will thicken as it cools
+5. Remove from the fridge an hour before serving
+---
+
+## Tips
+For best results, make the sauce a few days in advance to let the flavours mingle
+---
+
+## Serving suggestions
+Get creative with your homemade cranberry sauce...
+- use it as a cheesecake topping
+- or try it in a [Thanksgiving-themed cocktail](https://www.marthastewart.com/1533818/surprising-cocktail-ingredient-cranberry-sauce)
+---
+
+## Recipe credit
+Adapted from a [BBC Food](https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cranberry_sauce_77431) recipe