Bavarian Inn Cranberry Relish Food

CRANBERRY PEAR RELISH

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from the orange; add enough water to measure 1/2 cup. Pour into a saucepan; add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes or until the cranberries pop and mixture is thickened. Cool. Cover and store in the refrigerator.

RASPBERRY JELLO CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Mix the 3 boxes of gelatin with the 2 cups of sugar.
• Bring the 3 cups of water to a boil and pour over gelatin and sugar mixture.
• Whisk until dissolved and set aside.
• In a very large mixing bowl, mix crushed pineapple, finely chopped cranberries, chopped apples, and chopped oranges.
• Stir in chopped pecans or walnuts.
• Pour gelatin over fruit and nut mixture; mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 2 weeks before serving.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Place the oranges in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until chopped, 2 or 3 pulses. Remove and place the chopped oranges into a large bowl. Chop the apples in the food processor for 2 or 3 pulses, and place in the bowl. Chop the cranberries in the food processor for 2 or 3 pulses, and place in the bowl with the oranges and apples.
• Stir the gelatin mix, sugar, and chopped pecans into the chopped fruit, and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours.

ZEHNDER'S CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Blender Large mixing bowl Spatula Freeze the cranberries overnight. Wash and core the apples, set aside. Peel and chop the oranges in the blender, add to the large mixing bowl when done. Chop up about a third of the frozen cranberries in the blender at a time, adding them to the large mixing bowl as you go to ensure that they're chopped up evenly. Chop up about half the apples in the blender at a time, add them to the large mixing bowl when finished. Pour the sugar into the large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients well. Chill before serving.

CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Wash and scrub the apple and orange.
• Rinse the cranberries in a colander.
• Cut the ends off of the orange just a little, until the sections show through.
• Core the apple and cut into quarters.
• In a food processor on chop with chop blade, chop the frozen cranberries until a relish consistency.
• Scoop out into a bowl.
• Chop apple the same way and add to bowl.
• Cut orange into quarters and add to processor-chop until all rind is in very small relish like particles.
• Add to bowl.
• Mix lightly and sprinkle about 1/2 or 2/3's of the one cup of sugar over mixture and let sit for about 1/2 hour.
• After sitting, mix again and taste.
• If mixture is too tart for you add more sugar until right for you.
• We like it tart.
• Add nuts last.
• Note:We quadruple this recipe or more each year.
• For each additional batch, keep out some of the sugar until the batch has rested.
• The fruit does tend to sweeten some naturally and this shouldn't be real sweet.
• Also-this freezes well.
• After the holidays I make several more batches for the rest of the year and freeze in individual containers-ziplock type bowls- (one per meal 4 serving size).
• Keeps forever and is handy to get out for picnics in the summer also.
• ****For freezing batches I do this without the nuts-they tend to mush out over long periods of time-and though they freeze well as nuts they don't adapt to freezing in liquid foods.
• **2010 update re: option for nuts. Place crushed nuts in a small side bowl and let those who like the nuts sprinkle what they want to mix in with their serving. This also works well, because if there are leftovers, you can freeze it without worrying about the nuts getting mushy. Other option--make two batches, one with and one without With large family gatherings and different tastes or food some can't eat, requirements, this solves the problem. Enjoy.