5 recipes for step-by-step preparation of cranberry sauce for veal, turkey, duck. General tips and video recipes.
Simple cranberry sauce
Cranberry sauce for meat is a simple procedure that does not take much time. In this case, the most ordinary dish immediately turns into a festive treat.
Ingredients:
- Fresh cranberries - 500 g
- Onions - 150 g
- Granulated sugar - 300 g
- Apple cider vinegar - 150 ml
- Black pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 1/2 tablespoon
- Salt - 1/2 tablespoon
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Celery seeds - 1/2 tablespoon
- Allspice peas - 1/2 tablespoon
Step by step preparation of cranberry sauce:
- Put washed cranberries and peeled onions into a saucepan, pour 200 ml of water, boil and cook under tightly closed crumbs over low heat for 10 minutes.
- Then use a blender to bring the mass to a puree consistency.
- Add sugar to a saucepan, pour vinegar and add all the spices. Boil the mixture over low heat for half an hour until the consistency of thick ketchup.
- Cool the prepared cranberry sauce for meat, transfer to a saucepan and store in a cool place.
Veal in cranberry sauce
The juicy and delicate taste of veal steak is perfectly set off with an exquisite sweet and sour cranberry sauce. The meat acquires a unique aroma and taste, thanks to which this dish is the hallmark of many restaurant establishments.
Ingredients:
- Veal tenderloin - 800 g
- Frozen cranberries - 200 g
- Salad onion - 200 g
- Semi-sweet red wine - 200 ml (preferably Cabernet)
- Dark honey - 2 tablespoons
- Butter - 25 g
- Olive oil - 2 tablespoons
- Black pepper salt - to taste
- Basil and mint - 2 sprigs each for garnish
Preparation:
- Defrost the cranberries. Cut the peeled onion into large pieces and fry in a pan in high heat in butter until golden brown.
- Pour the wine into a saucepan, stir, and cook until it is half evaporated.
- Add honey and thicken.
- Add cranberries, salt, pepper, stir and remove from heat.
- Peel the fillet of veal from the film and cut into splints along the fibers. Wipe off with salt, pepper and brush with olive oil. Fry in a dry preheated pan on each side for 5 minutes, while turning from one side to the other every 2.5 minutes.
- Put the finished meat on a dish, pour with cranberry sauce, garnish with basil, mint and serve.
Turkey in cranberry sauce
The traditional taste of turkey cooked for the Christmas table can be made more pleasant and harmoniously complemented with cranberry sauce for meat.
Ingredients:
- Turkey - 500 g
- Cranberries - 250 g
- Drinking water - 1/4 cup
- Zhelix with yeast and vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
- Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Carnation - 2 buds
- Olive oil - 3 tablespoons
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
Cooking turkey with cranberry sauce:
- Wash the turkey, rub with salt and pepper, brush with olive oil, wrap with a baking sleeve and bake in the oven for 1.5 hours at 200 degrees.
- Make cranberry sauce in parallel. Wash the cranberries, cover with water and boil. When the berries begin to burst, lower the temperature and boil them for half an hour.
- Grind some of the berries with a blender and mix with Zhelfix. Combine cranberries (mashed potatoes and berries), boil, add cloves, salt, sugar, stir and remove from heat.
- Cut the meat into portions, serve on a plate and pour over with warm sauce.
Cranberry duck sauce
Due to the sour taste of cranberry sauce, duck gets juicy, tender, fatty and slightly sweetish meat. This berry goes well with duck, helping it to emphasize all its taste. And the sauce itself adds bright colors and fantastic aromas to the dish.
Ingredients:
- Cranberries - 200 g
- Honey - 3 tablespoons
- Olive oil - 2 tablespoons
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Water - 500 ml
- Sugar - 4 tablespoons
- Salt - 2 pinches
- Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom - 1/3 tsp
- Duck fillet - 500 g
- Pepper hammers - to taste
- Ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp
Duck sauce preparation:
- Wash the duck fillet and rub with ground nutmeg, salt and pepper. Wrap in cling foil and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 1.5 hours.
- In the meantime, prepare the sauce. Wash and crush the berries in a mortar. Cover them with water and oil and put on fire. Boil the mass, stirring continuously, and boil under a tightly closed lid for 15 minutes.
- Add sugar, salt and garlic squeezed through a press. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Season with spices and remove from heat.
- Put the finished duck fillet on a plate, cut into portions and pour over the hot sauce.
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