3-Ingredient Paleo Cranberry Sauce
This 3-Ingredient Paleo Cranberry Sauce couldn’t be any easier to make. All you need to 15 minutes, cranberries, an orange and honey (or maple syrup) and a pot! This is a great alternative to store bought cranberry sauce which is usually packed with sugar! It’s Paleo, Vegan and SCD Legal.
Let’s be honest, no one lists cranberry sauce as their favourite part of a turkey dinner. In my family, it was always a last minute thought, scooped out of a can as the turkey was being carved.
There are so many things that I am loving about this paleo cranberry sauce. Firstly, it is incredibly easy to make, put the ingredients in a saucepan and stir, voila!
You don’t need to cook the berries for hours at a time, 10 minutes max and you have a rich and flavourful sauce. I also love how simple this Paleo Cranberry Sauce is, it contains just 3 ingredients, cranberries, honey (or maple syrup) and an orange, that’s all you need.
You can customize this recipe to your tastes by adding more or less honey depending on how tart you like it. You can also mush the cranberries with the back of your spoon when stirring if you like the sauce smoother, or leave them whole if you like a chunkier sauce. I find that the flavour of this sauce only improves over a few days, so I would recommend making it 2 to 3 days ahead of time.
Here are a few other Thanksgiving dishes that you might enjoy:
- Caramelized Leek, Fennel & Onion Gratin
- Roasted Fennel with Garlic & Herbs
- Lemon Roasted Green Beans with Almonds & Shallots
- Roasted Radishes
- THE BEST Cauliflower Mash
- Cauliflower Stuffing
- Sheet Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Bacon & Red Onion
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 300 grams fresh cranberries
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup if vegan
Instructions
- In a sauce pan on medium heat combine the cranberries, orange zest, orange juice and honey. Let simmer for approximately 15 minutes until the cranberries have all popped and the mixture has begun to thicken (it will thicken more as it cools)
- Allow to completely cool before serving. You can store it in the fridge for approximately 1 week.
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I have never really cared for cranberry sauce, but signed up to take it to our family Thanksgiving dinner this year. This was so good and such a hit! It was so easy, too. This will be my go to for years to come.
Have made many versions this -by far the best and made w maple syrup.
For years I’ve been an out of the can cran sauce person. Shocking considering I live here in North Van and usually go to the cranberry fest in Fort Langley .Talk about lazy …never again .I just made your sauce for tomorrow. I chose to use maple syrup as the sweetner. Carmen it is outstanding. Thank you for converting me
Thank you for this cranberry sauce without refined sugars! I wasn’t sure if I could add maple syrup/honey without messing up the traditional recipe, and this was just what I needed. I had to put in extra sweetener for my fam, but it turned out great. FYI: for a typical bag of Ocean Spray cranberries, you’ll need about a cup of liquid. 2 navel oranges was just about perfect.
Can this be frozen? Hoping to have leftovers for Xmas
Can you use stevia, not honey?
Yes you could!
Ive been trying to find a cranberry sauce like my mom made. This was darn close. We loved it!
Ive been trying to find a cranberry sauce like my mom made. This was darn close. We lived it!
Just finished making this and it is so good! I always served the jellied cranberry but not any more!!
This was my first time making cranberry sauce. I doubled the recipe and it made plenty for my family of 4 adults and 3 kiddos. I didn’t have enough orange juice so I used half orange juice and half pineapple juice and it came out great! I also used maple syrup instead of honey! Thank you for this recipe! Will definitely be making again.
Does anyone know what 300g is equivalent to in cups? Thanks!
Approximately 1 1/2 cups
I don’t understand how you can post a recipe and not include a serving size and how many servings. There’s a huge difference between cooking for 4 and 14, do I make 2 batches or 4? Very frustrating.
Your cranberry sauce is amazing. I followed your recipe exactly and used the maple syrup. For me it had the right amount of sweetness, tartness and a hint of bitter. Thank you for this delicious recipe.
Yummy!! I used half raw local honey & half pure maple syrup…it was too tart for my taste, so I added a tablespoon more of each (1/3 cup sweetener total). Also, I only had one orange and couldn’t get that much zest off of it, so I just used what I had. Interestingly, since my berries were frozen, they never did pop, and only took 8-10 minutes to thicken up. I’ll definitely make this again, and probably with frozen berries again, as it went faster that way. Thanks for the great, simple recipe!
Great to know that it came together so quickly using frozen berries. Thanks for the comment Jenn! I really appreciate it!