Conservative estimates have the number of different cranberry sauces she�s tasted over the years at somewhere around 37, so that�s very high praise indeed. While the taste of this sauce is an unmitigated success, the name is another story.
You�ll have to forgive me, but when you post as many recipes as I do, once in a while you just have to give �half the peace sign� to those search engine algorithms, and simply amuse yourself. The �mango� and the �cran� in the name are obvious, but the �bango� comes from a few drops of hot sauce featuring the infamous ghost pepper.
I�m not sure if it�s the hottest pepper in the world, but the Bhut Jolokia is right up there. You can get the actual pepper if you look hard enough, but I had a bottle of Dave's Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce in the fridge, which worked perfectly.
It�s amazing how hot this stuff really is, and a few drops were all I needed. Believe it or not, more than just providing a searing heat, the pepper is actually celebrated for its fruity sweetness as well. By the way, while it may look like blatant product placement in the video, I can assure you I was not paid to use this specific brand (not that I�d be above such a thing�Dave, call me).
Anyway, if you�re looking for a creative, unusual, yet still relatively familiar fresh cranberry sauce for your holiday table, I hope you give this a try. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
12 oz fresh whole cranberries
4 oz dried candied mango
zest of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange
1 cup fresh orange juice, plus the juice of 1 lemon
1/3 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
pinch of salt
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