Time to WOW family and friends this year at holiday gatherings! This easy recipe will be remembered and requested for years to come, plus they make excellent gifts! Not to mention, your organic and vegan friends will appreciate that cranberry prevents UTIs, is a powerful antioxidant, helps with weight loss, prevents tooth decay, nourishes skin, and boost immunity.

Which let’s face it, the holidays can bring a lot of people into one room, so immunity boost can be most helpful!

INGREDIENTS

• ▢4 cups finely chopped, seeded roselle
• ▢1 ½ cups finely chopped pineapple
• ▢½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
• ▢1 cup organic raw sugar
• ▢¼ tsp. minced orange zest
• ▢½ tsp. peeled, minced ginger root
• ▢½ tsp. cinnamon powder

Instructions

Prepare roselle

• Wash and drain fresh roselle. Slice the star-shaped caps off the red calyces and pop out the round seeds. Toss the seeds into compost.

Chop fruit

• Finely chop deseeded roselle and pineapple. Mince peeled ginger and orange zest.

Squeeze orange juice

• Squeeze and measure out ½ cup fresh orange juice.

Cook sauce

• Place roselle, pineapple, orange zest, ginger, cinnamon, raw sugar, and orange juice in a saucepan. Stir to mix. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. 
• Loosely cover the saucepan and cook over low heat for twenty minutes or until roselle and pineapple are uniformly red and softened into a thick sauce.

Store

• This fresh cranberry sauce keeps one week refrigerated and three months frozen. Place it in a container and cover it securely before freezing.

Notes

Recipe tips

Chop both roselle and pineapple finely into ⅛-inch dice.

Mince ginger after removing the skin.

Zest orange peel and mince small like ginger.

Cook Florida cranberry sauce over low heat. It can bubble gently but don’t boil it vigorously.

Meal Display Ideas

1. Consider spooning Florida Cranberry Sauce into individual sauce containers
2. Can display Florida Cranberry Sauce in a grapefruit, after first scooping out the grapefruit or orange cups
3. Jar it with some ribbon or lace and dehydrated fruit or lavender for the perfect holiday gift. You can even include freshly baked bread or pastries! YUM!
4. Display it on a bed of bright greens