Raspberry Balsamic Cranberry Sauce

This raspberry balsamic cranberry sauce is an easy and delicious twist for your Thanksgiving feast.

I know, raspberry balsamic cranberry sauce…in September?

Here’s the deal: Canadian Thanksgiving is October 13, which is about three weeks away.

In that time, I am going back to work, throwing Kai’s first birthday party, and hosting Thanksgiving.  So, I thought I would get the Thanksgiving recipes rolling a little sooner than normal!

And if you’re American, I am reeeally early.  Bookmark this one for November, it’s a keeper!

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I take my cranberry sauce verrrry seriously.  It has pretty well always been my job {even before I got all ‘into’ food}, to make the cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, whenever we were having a turkey.  I totally got off easy when I consider the amount of work it takes to cook the turkey 😉 {By the way: the BEST EVER turkey recipe, hands down, is this one}

And about the turkey: I won’t even bother unless there is cranberry sauce involved.  A big scoop of that sweet, tart, gooey sauce.  I like my cranberry sauce with a little bit of turkey, please!

I can’t even wrap my brain around the fact that they sell cranberry sauce in a can…people must buy it, because every year, it’s back.  It takes about 10 minutes to make cranberry sauce.  I know, there’s the turkey, stuffing, sides, dessert, etc etc etc.  But it’s the cranberry sauce!!  {Tell me I’m not alone in my cranberry sauce passion, here!}

OK, stepping down from my crazy lady cranberry sauce rant.

I wanted to make my own cranberry sauce recipe, something a little different.  But not too different, I didn’t want to mess with a good thing.  I almost went chipotle on it, but I have done a lot of chipotle recipes this summer.

Instead I went raspberry on it. Then a little balsamic on it.  Both good decisions.  This raspberry balsamic cranberry sauce is definitely not the same as the original, but still has the tart, sweet flavors that I love so much.  There is a fresh raspberry twang to it, and a teeny little balsamic zing at the end.  Twang and zing…am I making up words here?

One Three more things: 1} it still only takes about 10 minutes to make, and 2} it is much prettier than those can-shapped wobbly things, and 3} your taste buds will think they’ve died and gone to heaven.  And I’m done.

More Thanksgiving recipes for us!

• get a TON of ideas from this round-up of 27 Holiday Slow Cooker Recipes
• these Herb & Garlic Potato Stacks will are secretly super easy
• this Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Salted Brown Butter Pecan Streusel takes pumpkin pie to the next level

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RASPBERRY BALSAMIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Prep Time

2 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

12 mins

 

A delicious twist on the traditional cranberry sauce recipe, using fresh raspberries and a dash of raspberry balsamic vinegar.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6

Calories: 137 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
• 3 tsp raspberry balsamic vinegar {good quality}

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan, combine the water and sugar, and bring to a boil, stirring until all sugar is dissolved.
2. Add the cranberries and raspberries and simmer for 5 or so minutes, until most of cranberries have popped.
3. Stir in the balsamic vinegar and allow to cool before serving.
4. Must be stored in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

RASPBERRY BALSAMIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Amount Per Serving (1 /6 of batch)

Calories 137

% Daily Value*

Sodium 4mg 0%

Potassium 87mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 35g 12%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 28g

Vitamin A 0.8%

Vitamin C 17.6%

Calcium 1.2%

Iron 1.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.