This recipe is for 3 pounds of cranberries but can be multiplied to make as much as your pots will hold. Make sure you know if your cranberries are in 1 pound or 12-ounce bags when you are multiplying it out.
CRANBERRY JUICE
3 pounds (or 4 12-ounce bags) fresh or frozen cranberries
15 cups water
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
Wash berries and put into a 6 to 8-quart stock pot with the water. Cook over moderate to high heat until all berries pop. Pour berries and liquid into a cheesecloth-lined sieve or strainer sitting in a large bowl. Strain the juice, without pressing, and reserve the berry pulp to make the cranberry sauce. Return the juice to the pan with the sugar and boil 2 or 3 minutes.
TO USE: Cool and chill, reserving 1-1/2 cups juice for the cranberry sauce.
TO CAN: Ladle the boiling sweetened juice into hot, clean quart or pint canning jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims. Put on warm lids and canning rings. Process in a boiling water canner using the hot pack method.
Makes about 15 cups.
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| Pints or quarts | 10 minutes | 15 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 30 minutes |
HOME-STYLE CRANBERRY SAUCE
Cooked cranberry pulp from Cranberry Juice
2-1/4 cups granulated sugar
1-1/2 cups cranberry juice
Use the cranberry pulp as is or grind the cranberry pulp in a food mill using the medium disc. Put pulp into a 6 or 8-quart stock pot. Add sugar and cranberry juice; boil for 30 seconds.
TO USE: Pour into a bowl or jar and press a sheet of plastic onto the surface of the sauce to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate. Will keep for several weeks.
TO CAN: Ladle hot sauce into hot pint or half-pint canning jars leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Release air bubbles. Wipe jar rims. Put on warm lids and canning rings. Process in a boiling water canner using the hot pack method.
Makes about 4 pints.
| Boiling water canner | |||||
| 0 -1,000 ft | 1,001 – 3,000 ft | 3,001 – 6,000 ft | 6,001 – 8,000 ft | 8,001 – 10,000 ft | |
| Pints | 10 minutes | 15 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 30 minutes |
