I fell in love with cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving – and my version is healthy, gluten-free, and sugar-free. And it’s a perfect addition to our Gluten-Free Holiday Entrees & Sides hosted this week by Diane from The W.H.O.L.E. Gang. Stop by her place for a fabulous holiday recipes and a change to win some of my favorite gluten-free cookbooks! (More details below…)
A Twist on an Old Classic
For those of you that have been asking for recipes without agave, this is for you. It’s sweetened with natural apple juice concentrate, clementine juice, and stevia.
I’d never had cranberry sauce in my life, but Joe mentioned that he likes it and, as you know, what Joe wants, he usually gets.
We had some friends over for Thanksgiving and they’re not gluten-free or sugar-free, so I was so nervous they’d be disappointed in the food. My nerves went up a notch when one of them mentioned how much they loved cranberry sauce.
Well, my friends loved everything, including the cranberry sauce. In fact, they took the leftovers home with them along with some of my Healthier, Scoopable Vanilla Ice Cream, which they’re still talking about. I just made my 3rd batch…we eat it on ice cream, with leftover turkey, and I put some on my Almost Pumpkin Pie. Like I said, I’m in love.
I know this is more of a Thanksgiving dish than a Christmas dish, but if you’re roasting a turkey for Christmas, make sure to add this to your table.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed clementine or orange juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup unsweetened, frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid stevia
- pinch of cinnamon
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
Instructions
- Put the fresh squeezed juice, water, thawed juice concentrate, stevia, and cinnamon in a heavy-bottom medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil uncovered, reduce to a simmer and let cook for 5 – 8 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly. Stir in cranberries and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until berries have cooked down and sauce starts to become jelly-like.
- Store in a pint mason jar in the refrigerator. Keeps for up to two weeks (if it lasts that long!)
A Gluten-Free Holiday Give-Aways
Here’s what we’ve got for you at Diane’s place - so jump on over and leave a comment!
Reminders
- Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom has a gluten-free Christmas Cookie for you today as part of our 12 Days of Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies!
- Fox’s MasterChef with Chef Gordon Ramsey has an open call for season 2 in Dallas this weekend. Get the details here.
- Win 1 of 2 $25 gift cards from iHerb.com at our kick-off for 12 Days of Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies!
- Silvana Nardone’s Gluten-Free Holiday Cookie Countdown is going on all month – with lots of great give-aways.
brooke
posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:25 pm
OMG!!! That looks amazing! We just happen to have clementines and oranges hanging about, and that isn’t normal for us.
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Stephanie
posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:13 am
Gorgeous cranberry sauce! I love how this stuff seems to go well with pretty much everything. I’m thinking about having some on my waffles in the morning
The recipe I made is similar to yours (other than having much more sugar), I used spiced apple cider and orange juice. So delicious! I never realized I was a fan of cranberry sauce until this year.
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Jessica
posted on December 2, 2010 at 9:33 am
I love cranberry sauce. Our family normally eats turkey at Christmas so I can’t wait to try this one, with less sugar. My family loves to use stevia so they will be excited about this.
Will you be trying out for Master Chef?
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Diane-thewholegang
posted on December 2, 2010 at 9:38 am
Love the combo of clementines and cranberries. Thank you for sharing this with A Gluten-Free Holiday.
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The Healthy Apple
posted on December 2, 2010 at 10:04 am
What a beautiful picture; I just created a similar recipe myself for the Thanksgiving holiday and served it with organic turkey and asparagus…it’ was the perfect touch of sweetness…I’m a huge fan of using the liquid stevia in my recipes, as well.
Great post.
Thanks for sharing.
Best,
Amie
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judee@glutenfreeA-Z
posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Amy,
Thanks for a great idea for how to make fresh cranberry sauce without sugar.
Your recipe looks very inviting. I might just add some sliced apples when cooking. I was thinking about making an apple/cranberry sauce to go over potato Latkes..
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Kimberly Loomis
posted on December 2, 2010 at 10:45 pm
have I mentioned how much I LOVE this blog?!
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Jeanie
posted on December 3, 2010 at 12:16 am
Amy,
Oh, I love your receipe. I created a sugarfree cranberry sauce this year for Thanksgiving. Mine tasted too sour. I like your idea of the orange and the apple taste. That along with the stevia should make it sweeter. I will try your receipe! Thanks!
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Shana Williams
posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:23 pm
My grandma always makes the cranberries. I’ll let her try this recipe!
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Maggie
posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I love cranberry sauce Amy! Love it. I don’t eat it with turkey anymore, but I still eat it! It goes so well with cabbage salad and mashed potatoes (yep, I’m weird). Thanks for sharing this. I just might give stevia a try! xo
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Terry
posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:16 am
Hi Amy,
I was wondering if you had any xylitol recipes you would like to put on the linky I have started on my blog.
I use xylitol now because it helps to kill candida and fungus…. so for me it seems to be working.
http://myjourneywithcandida.blogspot.com/2010/01/xylitol-recipe-liny.html
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Cara
posted on December 6, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I’ve been making lots of cranberry sauce this year, not just for Thanksgiving! I’ve been sweetening mine with stevia too, but the applesauce addition sounds wonderful.
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Neva
posted on December 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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Rs Mom
posted on December 18, 2010 at 11:39 am
Thanks for a great stevia recipe!
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