Fresh Cranberry Sauce

The basic components ingredients for cranberry sauce are as follows:
Something Tart – the cranberries
Something Sweet – sugar, honey, brown sugar, molasses, candy canes……
Something Wet – water, orange juice, 7 Up soda, ……
A little Somethin’ Somethin’ – grated ginger, shallots, apples, raisins, figs, dried pears…

Try this one with fresh ginger and diced pears.
Sauté 1 table spoon of grated ginger and 2 tablespoon of shallots in a little vegetable oil. Cook just until soft. Add ¾ cups of brown sugar, ½ cup honey, ¼ cup sugar, and a pinch of salt. Cook until sugars are dissolved and everything is bubbling. Add ½ pound of cranberries and cook while stirring until the cranberries pop and everything gets thick. (5 minutes) Add another ½ pound of cranberries and cook an additional 5 minutes. Add 1 cup of diced pears.

Enjoy hot or cold.