Fresh Cranberry Sauce

  1 navel orange
  1-1/2 cups sugar
  1/2 tsp. grated fresh ginger root
  4 cups fresh cranberries, sorted, rinsed, and drained

Zest the orange.. Juice the orange. Combine the orange peel, sugar, and ginger root in a heavy saucepan and stir with a whisk to blend. Add the orange juice and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar is dissolved. 
Then add the fresh cranberries. Cook and stir until cranberries begin to pop (this should take about 5 minutes). Remove from heat. Cool sauce, stir to blend, then cover and store in refrigerator. Makes 3 cups sauce.