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I don't care much for traditional cranberry sauce, and that jellied version that slides out of a can is just nasty. But it just seemed wrong to have a Thanksgiving dinner without cranberry sauce. So years ago I developed my own tastier version.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have nan's orange cranberry compote using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nan's Orange Cranberry Compote:
- Make ready 2 cup water
- Make ready 2 pints fresh cranberries
- Take 3/4 cup sugar
- Get 1 Zest of 2 navel oranges
- Prepare 1 box orange gelatin (4-1/2 cup serving size)
- Prepare 20 oz can of pineapple tidbits, with juice
- Prepare 2 navel oranges
- Get 1 cup walnut pieces
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Instructions to make Nan's Orange Cranberry Compote:
- Place cranberries in a colander and rinse with cold water. Discard any white berries (not ripe), soft, squishy berries (over ripe), or icky looking berries.
- Zest the oranges, getting just the bright orange outer layer, none of the white pith. Each will yield about 1 tablespoon of zest.
- Place the cranberries in a medium saucepan. Add the water, sugar, and orange zest and stir to combine. Place on high heat, bring to a boil, and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook another 5 minutes.
- Remove the cranberry mixture from the heat when done cooking and add orange gelatin. Stir to dissolve.
- While the cranberries are cooking, peel the oranges removing as much of the white pith layer as possible without getting all OCD and making yourself crazy.
- Separate the orange segments and cut them into thirds. You want big, juicy orange bites in the finished compote! Set them aside.
- Stir in the oranges and walnuts. Stir well to evenly distribute everything.
- Stir in the canned pineapple along with its juice. Allow to cool (don't refrigerate) for 30 minutes.
- When completely cooled, spoon into containers, cover and refrigerate. I like to make the day before I want it so it's very well chilled when served.
- If serving this as a dessert, it's extra yummy topped with a big squirt of whipped cream and a maraschino cherry! You can also change it up a bit with a different flavor of gelatin. Grape is quite good.
I adapted this from an Emeril Lagasse recipe that appeared on the Food Network's website. In a food processor, blend half a pound of cranberries with one whole, seeded and peeled orange, and half cup sugar. This is my favorite cranberry sauce recipe. Cooking Channel serves up this Cranberry-Orange Compote recipe plus many other recipes at CookingChannelTV.com. Recipe courtesy of Bryan Voltaggio and Michael Voltaggio.
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