Homemade cranberry sauce is crazy easy to make. I mean it. It is stone cold simple. This cranberry sauce elevates the traditional version with the addition of fragrant orange zest and juice, ginger, and warm spices.

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Not your grandma's cranberry sauce: sweet (but not cloyingly sweet), tart (but not mouth-puckering tart), and just a little out of the ordinary. The heat of the jalapeno has kick, but accomplishes is with subtlety and finesse – like a ninja.