Name: Homemade Cranberry Juice
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 9 min
Ingredients: 1 lb fresh cranberries or 1 lb frozen cranberries; 1 quart water; sugar

I'm a cranberry nut. I just can't get enough of these berries.  Here are some fun facts I found on the web.  
Cranberries are one of the only three native North American Fruits (Concord grapes, and blueberries being the others). To the eastern Indians, cranberries were known as sassamanesh. The Cape Cod Pequots and the South Jersey Leni- Lenape tribes called the little red berry ibimi or bitter berry. But it was the Pilgrims who gave the cranberry its modern name. To them, the pink cranberry blossoms resembled the heads of cranes; therefore the word crane berry later contracted to cranberry. Early American sailors carried barrels of cranberries while at sea as a source of vitamin C, much like the British limeys carried limes aboard ships.

Homemade Cranberry Juice

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sugar

Wash and drain fresh or frozen red-ripe cranberries.

Combine cranberries and water in a large pan.

Reduce heat and cook until berries burst.

Strain juice through a fine strainer lined with cheese cloth.

Sugar can be added to juice to your taste.

Reheat juice until it is almost, but not boiling.

This is delicious!  I felt a UTI coming on and didn't want to take antibiotics, nor do I eat sugar, so searched for a recipe - followed this one closely, except I used the microwave to cook the berries, and I didn't bother with the "bring to a near boil" after sweetening, which I did with NuStevia NoCarb blend stevia powder.  Then I couldn't bear to throw out those beautiful, cooked berries, so I added a tiny pinch of cinnamon and about 1/4 cup powdered erythritol and 1/2 tsp. of the stevia powder, microwaved 2 minutes, stirred and microwaved another 2 minutes - ta da, cranberry jam!  My husband will LOVE this on his toast!

Homemade Cranberry Juice

Prep Time: 1 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total: 9 minutes

Servings: 1

Cost: $10.98 /serving

Author : Charlotte J

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