Impress your guests with this cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges. It’s the prettiest (and tastiest!) cranberry sauce around.
I’m bringing back a recipe I first shared here years ago — and since then, I’ve tweaked it to make it even better. This is, without a doubt, the prettiest cranberry sauce I’ve ever made. Those bright mini mandarins floating in a pool of glossy cranberries look like little bow-topped gifts under the tree, and they steal the show on any Thanksgiving or Christmas table.
The original inspiration came from Bon Appétit’s Candied Mandarin Oranges with Cranberries . I’ve simplified the method to make it easier to prepare and to eat at a holiday meal. The combination of honey-sweetened cranberries and juicy mandarin segments is not only beautiful, but genuinely delicious — the kind of cranberry sauce people actually go back for.
How far in advance can I make cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges?
This mandarin orange cranberry sauce will keep well in your fridge for at least a week, making it the perfect Thanksgiving meal-prep recipe!
Can cranberry sauce be frozen?
Yes! Leftovers can be frozen for 3 months.
Cranberry Sauce with Mandarin Oranges Recipe
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Ingredients
- ▢ 10 mini mandarin oranges
- ▢ 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries
- ▢ 1 cup honey (can sub sugar – see notes)
- ▢ ¼ cup bourbon (see notes)
Instructions
- Begin by peeling the mandarin oranges. Set 6 oranges aside whole. Separate the remaining oranges into segments. 10 mini mandarin oranges
- Add the cranberries, honey, and bourbon to a medium-sized pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium and continue to cook the cranberries for 5 minutes. 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries, 1 cup honey, ¼ cup bourbon
- Add the whole mandarin and segments to the pot and carefully stir them in. Simmer for 5 minutes more then remove the pot from the heat. Let the cranberry sauce cool slightly before transferring it to a jar.
Notes
Nutrition
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Cranberry Sauce with Mandarin Oranges Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 mini mandarin oranges
- 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup honey , can sub sugar - see notes
- ¼ cup bourbon , see notes
Instructions
- Begin by peeling the mandarin oranges. Set 6 oranges aside whole. Separate the remaining oranges into segments. 10 mini mandarin oranges
- Add the cranberries, honey, and bourbon to a medium-sized pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium and continue to cook the cranberries for 5 minutes. 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries, 1 cup honey, ¼ cup bourbon
- Add the whole mandarin and segments to the pot and carefully stir them in. Simmer for 5 minutes more then remove the pot from the heat. Let the cranberry sauce cool slightly before transferring it to a jar.
Notes
https://www.theendlessmeal.com/cranberry-sauce-mandarin-oranges/
