Recipes

1. Place cranberries in a large saucepan with orange juice, water, 1/2 cup orange liqueur, 1/4 cup sugar, orange zest, and cinnamon over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until cranberries begin to pop and break down, about 15 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and let rest for 5 minutes. Working in batches, transfer to the work bowl of a food processor or blender and process until smooth. Pour pureed mixture into a large mixing bowl.
2. In a large bowl, whip cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and remaining orange liqueur.  Continue whipping until stiff peaks form.
3. With a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the cranberry mixture. Cover and chill for 1 hour. Serve garnished with reserved cranberries.

Test Kitchen notes:

1. Additional whipped cream for garnish would be over-the-top, but it wouldn’t be wrong.
2. You can skip the liqueur and increase the orange juice for cooking the cranberries to 1 cup. For the whipping cream, skip the liqueur and add 1 tablespoon pure vanilla or almond extract.
3. Cold beaters and a cold bowl make quick work of whipping cream.
4. If you don’t have superfine sugar, you can use regular granulated sugar because it's essentially the same product; the only difference is that the crystals of superfine sugar are smaller. If you have a blender or food processor, you can even make superfine sugar by using granulated sugar, just process for 30 seconds. Use the same quantity.