Pineapple-Orange Cranberry Sauce ~ Plus 10+ Clever Uses Of Leftovers!

A crystal bowl filled with cranberry sauce with pineapple and cranberries in the background.

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Pineapple-Orange Cranberry Sauce ~ Plus 10+ Clever Uses Of Leftovers!

Pineapple-Orange Cranberry Sauce has 4 ingredients, and has a wonderfully balanced sweetness with oranges and pineapple, plus 10 ways to use leftover sauce during the holidays! This easy holiday recipe always gets glowing comments at the holiday table for Christmas or as a Thanksgiving side dish. And the fresh orange and pineapple fruit add a wonderful island vibe to this gorgeous cranberry sauce recipe.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Sauces, Marinades, & Condiments

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cranberry recipe, cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce recipes, thanksgiving recipe, Thanksgiving side dish

Servings:

Calories: 51kcal

Author: Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

Ingredients

12 oz fresh cranberries
1 cup fresh pineapple and juice (fresh or canned)
3 oranges - zest and juice
¼ cup granulated sugar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

prep pineapple and oranges

Use canned or fresh pineapple, chop 1 cup of pineapple and juice liquid. Set aside.
Wash the oranges in cool water, zest the 3 oranges into a small bowl, then juice the 3 oranges. Set aside.

cook the cranberry sauce

Combine the cranberries, pineapple plus any juice, sugar, and zest of 3 oranges and juice in a medium saucepan or pot. Bring up to a simmer over medium-high heat and cook for 15 minutes. Stir every 3-5 minutes. Turn your heat down, if is cooking too fast. You will see the cranberries pop in the pan as it cooks, but you don't want it to boil.
Stir every 3-5 minutes. Turn the heat down if it is cooking too fast. Once it thickens, and half the cranberries have popped, stop cooking.
MAKE AHEAD: You can prepare ahead and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week ahead.
SERVING: Let cool completely before serving, it will set up more when chilled. Place into a pretty serving bowl, and it is safe at room temperature for two hours.

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Notes

10+ Ways to Use Leftovers

There is a 100% chance you will have extra sauce this year in your home, so let's get creative and try some new ways to use it.

Its tart-sweet flavor is so versatile and complements a wide variety of dishes. Besides slathering it on Here are a few ideas.

Mix with plain Greek yogurt for breakfast
Mix into a cranberry vinaigrette salad dressing
Make cranberry compound butter for toast or bagels
Use it as a glaze for chicken or meatloaf
Mix into soft cream cheese and spread on bagels
Pour over waffles and pancakes
Make cranberry-baked brie
Make a grilled brie cheese and cranberry sandwich
Make yogurt cranberry parfaits
Mix into soft vanilla ice cream
Toast dinner rolls spread some brie cheese on, and add turkey, dressing, and cranberry sauce for the best leftover turkey sandwiches!

You can also use some in my Christmas Tree Salad + Cranberry Vinaigrette recipe. Or add it to Thanksgiving Leftover Empanadas or my Leftover Turkey Thanksgiving Shepherd's Casserole!

Storage

Cranberry sauce lasts two weeks refrigerated.

Variations

Add chopped pecans, apple, pear, dried mixed fruit, blood oranges, raisins, currants, cinnamon, and a cinnamon stick for flavoring (and remove before serving) ground nutmeg, or ground allspice.

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