Holiday Cranberry Jelly Food

CRANBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• Put the cranberries in a saucepan. Remove wide strips of zest from 1/2 orange with a peeler; add to the saucepan with the juice of both oranges (about 1/2 cup). Add the sugar, coriander, a pinch of salt and 1 cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until the berries burst and the sauce thickens, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and remove the orange zest; stir in the vanilla. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a serving dish, pushing the sauce through with a rubber spatula. Refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY JAM

Steps:

• In a food processor, coarsely process cranberries and orange sections. Place in a Dutch oven with strawberries and sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. , Remove from the heat and stir in the pectin. Skim off the foam. Carefully ladle into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

SPARKLING HOLIDAY JAM

Steps:

• Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes. Let simmer while making jam.
• In a large saucepan, combine strawberries, cranberries, pectin, and margarine. Bring to a boil. Stir in sugar, and return to a boil. Cook for 1 minute; remove from heat.
• Quickly fill jars to within 1/2 inch from top. Wipe rims clean, and put on lids. Process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine all ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer for 15-20 minutes or until apple is tender and mixture thickens. Cool completely. , Store in the refrigerator. Serve over cream cheese with crackers or as a condiment with pork, ham or chicken.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil.
• Add hot water to a med-large tempered bowl along with the orange juice and jello flavoring packets and disssolve thoroughly.
• Chill until syrupy (30-40 mins)in a 9 x 9 or 9 X 13 dish (the only slight difference will be the depth of salad).
• Chop celery finely in Food Processor, remove to a small dish and set aside.
• Peel rind close to the zest.
• Grind rind and cranberries in food processor until chopped ever so thinly (I remember when we chopped all by hand!).
• Add sugar and mix with cranberry mixture. I stir right into food processor for one less dish.
• When jello is syrupy, add cranberry mixture, nuts and finely chopped celery, mixing well in your dish.
• Or you can transfer into a mold.
• Refrigerate until firm (several hours).