Cranberry Walnut Chutney Food

ALMOST-FAMOUS CRANBERRY WALNUT RELISH

Steps:

• Finely grate the zest of half of the orange into a medium saucepan, then squeeze in all of the juice. Add the cranberries, sugar and walnuts and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens and the cranberries start to pop, about 10 minutes. Let cool.

GOAT CHEESE, CRANBERRY CHUTNEY AND TOASTED WALNUT ENVELOPES

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry sheet into 25 (about 2-inch) squares.
• 2. Spoon about 2 teaspoons cheese in the center of each pastry square. Top each with about 1/2 teaspoon chutney and about 1/2 teaspoon walnuts. Brush 2 opposite pastry corners with water. Fold the pastry corners up over the filling and overlap slightly at the top, forming an open-ended "envelope", and press to seal. Place the filled pastries onto 2 baking sheets.
• 3. Bake for 15 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown. Sprinkle the pastries with the thyme before serving, if desired.

CRANBERRY WALNUT RELISH II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place cranberries in a small, shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar.
• Cover cranberries with aluminum foil. Bake in the preheated oven approximately 35 minutes. Remove from heat, sprinkle with walnuts and recover. Continue baking 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir marmalade and lemon juice into cranberry mixture. Cool to room temperature. Transfer to sterile containers, cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 3 hours before serving.

CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Drain juice from pineapple into a 2 quart microwave container.
• Add sugar, cranberries, raisins, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and salt to the pineapple juice.
• Microwave on 100% power for 12-14 minutes until thick. Stir every 3 minutes. Stir in pineapple and walnuts.
• Let sit for about 15-20 minutes and it will thicken.
• Keep refrigerated.

CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar, water, salt, cinnamon and cloves.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the onion, apple and pear; cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat; stir in raisins and lemon juice.
• Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight before serving.
• Just before serving, stir in the walnuts.
• Serve with meat or dressing.

CRANBERRY, CHERRY & WALNUT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Add cherries, and cook 1 minute. Stir in cranberries; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until cranberries pop. Remove from heat. Stir in walnuts, grated rind, and extract. Garnish with orange rind strips, if desired. Cover and chill.

QUICK CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar, water, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add the onion, apple and pear; cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in raisins, lemon juice and zest. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Just before serving, stir in the walnuts. Serve with meat.

THE BEST CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water with the 1/2 cup of sugar to a boil and boil cranberries until they pop, usually just a few minutes. Be careful not to over boil or they will be mushy.
• Add all other ingredients except raisins and mix well. Let set in fridge at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
• Stir in raisins just before serving.