Boozy Cranberry Pear Sauce with Ginger

A serving dish filled with cranberry pear sauce with a serving spoon.

Boozy Cranberry Pear Sauce with Ginger

This simple homemade cranberry pear sauce was one of my first recipes featured in Parade Magazine and is perfect through the holiday season. It bursts with flavor with fresh cranberries, pears, little chunks of sugared ginger, golden raisins, apple cider, and pear brandy.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword cranberry pear sauce

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 182.4kcal

Author Susan Pridmore

Equipment

Ingredients

1 large pear Barlett or Bosc
12 ounces cranberries
⅓ cup brown sugar packed
⅓ cup golden raisins
2 tablespoons candied ginger use large pieces and slice into small pieces
2 tablespoons pine nuts
¼ cup Pear Brandy or Apple Brandy (Calvados)
⅓ cup apple cider
⅓ cup water
1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

Peel and core the pear. Either grate, using the largest holes on the grater, or dice.
Combine all of the ingredients in a medium nonreactive saucepan and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.
Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 10 minutes or until most of the cranberries have popped.
For a thicker sauce, simmer for 15 minutes and mash the berries using a potato masher.
Remove from the heat and allow to cool before removing the cinnamon stick.

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