Cranberry Sauce Disaster! please help asap!?

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Also, my boyfriend's godmother said we could try adding salt, because salt can sometimes counter the spices. But she's not sure. Whatcha think?

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Hi Yahoo answers,

So I am going to my boyfriends' house for thanksgiving and wanted to impress them with my cranberry sauce, but it tastes WAY too much like cloves and I need to balance it out! This is the recipe I followed:

(serves 6)
2 cups cranberries
2 tablespoons water
1 orange, chopped
1/2 cup honey
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1 tsp grated orange rind
1/2 cup walnuts

Cook cranberries in water until berries start to pop (about 8 mins). Add apples and continue to cook 5 minutes or until apples are tender. Stir in spices and honey. Simmer for 3-5mins. Remove from heat and add orange rind and nuts.

We did one batch that turned out wonderfully, then we did another second batch in which we quadrupeled the recipe. This second batch tastes so strongly of cloves, even though we only put in 1 tsp as the recipe read. Nooo! Please help me either balance it out with something else or tell me how I can fix it.

We also added a final batch of cranberry sauce to this bad batch and it didn't even it out at all really. Please help!

Thanks YahooAnswers for being there in my hour of need!

Answer 1

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I would add some applesauce to your cranberry sauce. The flavor would blend well, and should lessen the clove flavor. I would buy a large jar of chunky applesauce, add half...taste, and add the rest if you need to. I bet your cranberry sauce turns out to be a hit.

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Asker's Comment:

Thanks! It didn't end up softening the cloves so I mixed in a new batch with the old one. But the applesauce was a great addition and I'll keep it for cranberry sauce in the future... Delicious!

Answer 2

i would

Answer 3

this may help i actually found this out recently. 1 TBS of fresh herbs = 1 TSP of dried
this recipe doesnt specify!! which is rediculously hard to make dish if it doesnt specify.

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Answer 4

I would start over, perhaps this time do each batch single then add together when it is does, that way one bad batch won't ruin the end product.