Cranberry Onion Sauce

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Cranberry Onion Sauce

A true cranberry sauce is good on turkey, chicken or pork and it has the beauty of sweet and savory, not just sickly-sweet. This sauce has some body to it and is a wonderful accompaniment to the traditional turkey meal. It also freezes well so you can enjoy the leftovers. Don't forget to saute the onions at a medium heat so they don't gain bitterness and maintain a nice, mellow sweetness.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup butter
4 cups fresh cranberries
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 ¼ cup brown sugar
3 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground ginger

Preparation:

Saute the onion in the butter for five minutes over a medium heat until they're soft and translucent. Then, in a medium saucepan heat the berries, water and broth until the berries begin to pop, about five minutes. Add the onion and butter mixture, sugar, lemon juice and ginger and simmer for five minutes.

Remove from heat and gently pulse or puree until desired consistency, but not too much, you still want pieces of berry and onion in there.