Mulled wine Cranberry sauce.

For Christmas, you always want to have things that are really of the season.  And with this recipe you get the flavour of both  in one , mulled wine and cranberry sauce. It is a mix of sweet sharp and good old red wine spice that goes really well with your roast, what ever it is, on the day.

Ingredients

450g /1lb fresh cranberries

290ml/10fl oz water

340g/12oz sugar

The juice and zest of one orange

3 tbsp port.

½ glass of red wine

Pinch of cinnamon

Pinch of nutmeg

Star by getting your wine sugar and water in a large pan. Add the mixed spice, give it all a good stir, and then bring it to a boil.  Turn this down to simmer and let it reduce a little. 

Once it has reduced add the orange juice and zest of the orange and let that cook some more.

Once all the liquids have reduced so you have more than ¾ of the liquid left, then add the cranberries, bring it to the boil ounce more, and then simmer for about 10 minutes till all the cranberries have burst.

Finally add the port and level on the heat until you have a rather lose consistency but not to much liquid then take of the heat and put it in a blow and let it cool. But do not cover at first all that will do is keep all the liquid that is escaping and evaporating away in the sauce and that might water it down.

Now just chill and keep in the fridge until you need it on the big day.