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  Mulled Cranberries It’s so easy to make your own cranberry sauce, and I make it each year to give as gifts. This is my most popular variety – inspired by one of my favourite winter drinks, mulled wine. It has such a lovely balance of sweet, spicy, bitter and sour – it’s simply amazing with salty turkey with gravy or a wellseasoned ham. Ing re die nts: • 34 0g cr an berr ie s (sta nda rd 12 oz. p ac ke t size ) • 1 cu p b row n suga r • 1 cu p w h ite su ga r • 1 cu p r ed w ine • Th e ri nd of 1/2 a n ora ng e (as li ttl e pith a s p ossible ) • 1 la rge c in na m on qui ll • 5 cl ove s Inst ruc ti ons 1. Th row all i ngre die nt s i nto a po t a nd brin g to th e boil . 2. S im m e r, stir rin g o cc asi ona lly for a bout 1 ho ur, o r unt il ni ce ly red uc ed (but n ot bla ck e ne d a nd stu ck to th e bot tom of t he pa n!) 3. P our in to pre tt y st eri lize d jar s, a nd wa it u nti l it co ols before pla cin g th e lid on .   Notes: ? Provided the jars are full and sterilized properly, this sauce should keep on the shelf for at least a couple of months, but if you want to be safe, probably best to keep it in the fridge and use it within a couple of weeks. ? The alcohol is burned off during cooking, but I make another version replacing the wine with half water/ half orange juice that also works beautifully.     9