There’s a good chance you already know exactly what to do with a can of Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce come Thanksgiving. The more interesting question is: what are you doing with it the rest of the year?
Turns out, you can do plenty.
Sweet, tart and ready to use straight from the can, Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce can move surprisingly easily from dip to dressing, burger sauce to BBQ glaze, and even dessert. It’s the kind of pantry versatility that comes in handy when summer entertaining is in full swing.
Three Canadian culinary talents put that versatility to the test, taking Ocean Spray beyond its usual holiday assignment and into some seriously summery territory.
MasterChef Canada runner-up and Food Network Canada host Andy Hay starts with a Whipped Feta Cranberry Dip, blending cranberry sauce with feta and cream cheese before topping it with more cranberry sauce, honey and chili flakes. Add grilled pita and the pre-BBQ snacking is handled.
Food Network Rebel Without a Kitchen host and cookbook author Matt Basile turns Ocean Spray sauce into a sticky glaze for Cranberry-Glazed Pork Chops, then pairs it with onion jam and creamy brie on his Tavern Burgers. His Gochujang Beef Ribs with Cranberry-Kimchi Slaw take it somewhere completely different, using cranberry’s sweet-tart punch to play off rich beef and fiery Korean-inspired flavours.
Female grillmaster Kara Quigley, recipe developer behind Scale and Tailor, keeps the can moving. Cranberry becomes a bright Summer Salad Dressing, a sticky glaze for Cranberry-Maple Chicken Wings, then heads to dessert inside golden Cranberry Cream Cheese Wontons.
Dip it. Dress it. Glaze it. Sauce it. Even save it for dessert.
Turns out, the most surprising thing about Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce might be how much we haven’t been doing with it.
Whipped Feta Cranberry Dip
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Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 3–4 tbsp Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Black pepper
Topping
- Warmed Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
- Honey
- Chili flakes
- Fresh cracked pepper
Garlic & Cranberry Glazed Pork Chops
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Ingredients
- 2 single-rack bone-in pork chops (about 10oz each)
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
Ocean Spray Cranberry Glaze
- 1 can Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp honey
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- Pinch of black pepper
Crispy Ocean Spray Cranberry Cream Cheese Wontons
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Ingredients
- Wonton wrappers
- Ocean Spray Cranberry sauce
- Cream cheese
- Icing sugar
- Vanilla
- Vegetable oil
