Perfect Cranberry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 ounces fresh cranberries or 12 ounces frozen cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 strip orange zest or 1 strip lemon zest
2 tablespoons water
sugar, to taste
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste

Preparation

Empty cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl.
Add sugar, orange or lemon zest, and water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes.
Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes.
Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries.
Add sugar, salt, and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.