Cranberry Sauce with Ginger Ale and Grand Marnier

Filed under Sauces Thanksgiving

Ingredients

1 lb Cranberry, fresh
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
3/4 can Ginger ale
1 Orange, zest, plus 1/2 to 3/4 of the flesh, chopped
1/4 tsp Clove, ground
Cinnamon, ground
1 tbsp Grand Marnier

Directions

Bring the sugar and water to a boil, stirring to dissolve.
Add the cranberries, cloves, orange and zest, Grand Marnier and ginger ale. Simmer over medium heat until the cranberries pop and the mixture cooks down and starts to get syrupy, with the cranberries starting to break up.
Pour into a container, sprinkle with cinnamon and refrigerate.