Dried Cherry-Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil 
• 1 cup cherry juice 
• 12 ounce cranberries fresh
• 1 cup cherries dried
• 0.3 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 0.5 cup onion chopped
• 2 teaspoons orange rind grated
• 0.3 cup port wine 
• 1.3 cups sugar 
• 0.5 cup water 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion, and saut for 4 minutes.
3. Add sugar and the next 4 ingredients (through cranberries); bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 8 minutes or until cranberries pop.
4. Remove from heat, and stir in orange rind.
5. Combine dried cherries and cherry juice in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil.
6. Remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes.
7. Drain.
8. Add drained cherries to cranberry sauce.
9. Serve chilled or at room temperature.