Description
A warm, spiced soup featuring the tartness of cranberries.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 star anise
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Combine cranberries, water, sugar, orange juice, cinnamon stick, cloves, and star anise in a saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until cranberries burst.
- Remove the cinnamon stick, cloves, and star anise.
- Use an immersion blender or carefully transfer the soup to a regular blender to blend until smooth.
- Return the soup to the saucepan, add salt, and heat through gently. Do not boil after blending.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- For a thicker soup, simmer for an additional 5 minutes before blending.
- Adjust sugar content based on cranberry tartness preference.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 35
- Sodium: 5
- Fat: 0.5
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 46
- Fiber: 4
- Protein: 0.5
- Cholesterol: 0
Keywords: cranberry soup, spiced soup, winter soup, tart soup, sweet and sour