Cranberry Orange Sauce

I, er, mixed up my recipe provenances when I said my stepgrandmother was the source for this sauce. The recipe actually comes from a thinly lined sheet of paper in my stepmother's recipe clippings, and she, in turn, copied it out of a magazine in an airplane several years ago.

It might be my ideal cranberry sauce: it's textured and tasty, with spicy notes and chunky nuts and the gloriously astringent flavor of cranberries. Is anyone else Thanksgiving-ed out? I'm keeping this short and sweet.

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Cranberry Orange Sauce
Yields: 2 1/4 cups

1 bag cranberries (12 oz)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup orange liqueur (Cointreau or Grand Marnier, for example)
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp grated orange rind
1/2 cup toasted, chopped pecans

1. Combine first seven ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce to medium heat, simmer, stirring frequently, until cranberries have popped and the mixture has thickened slightly - around 10 minutes. Set aside and cool slightly. Stir in orange zest and pecans.