Cranberry Red Wine Meatballs. Smoked meatballs braised in a sweet and savory Cranberry Pinot Noir Red Wine Sauce is one of our all time favorite holiday appetizers. These cranberry meatballs are ALWAY a hit at any party or gathering! Combine cranberry sauce, brown sugar, red wine, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce in a saucepan.
The delicious cranberry sauce is quick and easy to make.
It is not too sweet with a cranberry and Pinot Noir flavor and received lots of compliments.
Adding Oregon's famous pinot noir wine is a "no brainer" since I live in the Oregon wine country.
You can cook Cranberry Red Wine Meatballs using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Cranberry Red Wine Meatballs
- You need 2 cups of whole berry cranberry sauce.
- You need 1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar.
- You need 3/4 cup of your favorite red wine.
- It's 2 tsp of hot Chinese mustard.
- You need 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce.
- You need 1 batch of meatballs (cooked).
Add the dried cherries and wine and bring the mixture to a boil. Cook until the wine is reduced by half. Add the remaining sauce ingredients, stirring to combine, and bring to a boil. Cranberry sauce isn't just for turkey anymore!
Cranberry Red Wine Meatballs instructions
- Add cranberry sauce, brown sugar, red wine, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce to a sauce pan..
- Heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Be sure cranberries don't thicken too much..
- Add meatballs to the pan, stirring to coat and heat thoroughly..
- Serve warm.
- Alternately, you can pour sauce over meatballs in a crockpot set to warm for serving..
Combined with a few other ingredients, the Thanksgiving staple makes a perfect meatball topper. —Tammy Neubauer, Ida Grove, Iowa A crock pot canuck up here in Canada eh!! Place frozen meatballs in a slow cooker. I made it a little different. I made my own meatballs and cranberry-orange-ginger sauce. I cooked it util everything was blended, poured it over the meatballs, and stuck them in the freezer.