star anise cranberry sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup ruby port
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 12 ounces cranberries
• 2 whole star anise
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan bring port, water, sugar, salt, and star anise to a boil, immediately remove from heat, cover, and let it stand for 20 minutes to infuse the flavors.
• 2 return the liquid to a boil, add cranberries, return to boil, lower heat to simmer.
• 3 cook for 8-10 minutes until cranberries pop and sauce thickens.
• 4 remove star anise and stir in orange zest.
• 5 cool.