How to Serve Canned Cranberry Sauce
Canned cranberry sauce is tradition at many Thanksgivings, and for good reason. There's really no reason to make homemade if your family has been enjoying the slices of store-bought canned cranberry sauce for years. But what is cranberry sauce in a can?
Canned cranberry sauce is made with fresh cranberries that are cooked in water, sweetened, cooked again until the berries have broken down, and poured into cans. The ingredients in canned cranberry sauce typically include cranberries, corn syrup, water, and citric acid (a preservative). Interestingly, canned cranberry sauce contains no gelatin or pectin, because cranberries themselves have a high pectin content.
Read on for tips on prepping canned cranberry sauce and how to impress guests when you serve it alongside your Thanksgiving dinner.
How to Prepare Canned Cranberry Sauce
First things first—open the can with a can opener. This may sound obvious, but most (if not all) canned cranberry sauces are actually meant to be opened from the bottom of the can. After opening, run a knife around the jellied sauce to help loosen it from the can. Gently slide the jelly onto a platter.
How to Serve Canned Cranberry Sauce
The most traditional way of serving canned cranberry sauce is sliced into rounds. Begin by slicing the canned cranberry sauce into ¼-inch thick rounds. Another option is to use cookie cutters to cut out cute fall shapes, such as leaves. Arrange your slices on a serving platter, then, try one of these suggestions for doctoring it up.
