Cranberry Ginger Sauce

Homemade cranberry sauce will add a special touch to your holiday dinner. You can vary this recipe and add all kinds of ingredients but this is one of our favourites. This sauce would make a great addition to a holiday gift hamper.

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup orange juice
• 4 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 tbsp. finely chopped ginger
• grated zest from one orange
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ cup chopped pecans

• rinse cranberries in colander
• bring orange juice and sugar to a boil
• add cranberries and simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst
• add ginger, orange zest, cinnamon and chopped pecans
• remove from heat and cool at room temperature
• sauce will continue to thicken as it cools