Ingredients

1/2 cup Port

1/2 cup orange juice

1 cinnamon stick, broken

4 whole cloves

2 star anise

3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries (750 ml)

1 cup brown sugar

1 tbs grated orange peel

Preparation

  1. In a large saucepan, combine Port, orange juice, cinnamon, cloves and star anise. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes to infuse flavours of spices. Remove spices from pan.

  2. Add cranberries, sugar and orange peel and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, or until cranberries pop sand sauce thickens. (It will thicken more when cold.)

  3. Pour sauce into a bowl and chill. Serve cold.