Idas Cranberry Relish Food

MAMA STAMBERG'S CRANBERRY RELISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Grind the cranberries and onion together.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix.
• Put in a plastic container and freeze.
• An hour before serving, move the container from the freezer to the refrigerator compartment to thaw.
• The relish will be thick, creamy, and shocking pink.

MAKE-AHEAD CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the cranberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water in a saucepan over low heat for about 5 minutes, or until the skins pop open. Add the apple, zests, and juices and cook for 15 more minutes. Remove from the heat, let cool, and serve chilled.

CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Place the frozen cranberries, orange, granulated sugar and honey in a food processor. Process until the mixture is evenly chopped. Store in the refrigerator until needed. Serve as a condiment for roasted turkey.

BAKED CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a lightly greased 2 qt baking dish, mix cranberries and sugar.
• Cover dish and bake for 1 hour.
• Stir in lemon juice, marmalade, and walnuts.
• Chill until serving time.

CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• In food processor with metal blade, chop cranberries. No need to defrost cranberries if frozen. Frozen cranberries make bright red relish. Scrape chopped cranberries into separate bowl.
• Replace metal blade with small shredder disk. Cut orange & apple into quarters. Remove core from apple but keep skin of both orange & apple.
• Shred orange & apple in food processor. Replace shredder disk with metal blade and chop orange & apple pieces to about the size of the chopped cranberries.
• Scrape chopped orange & apple into bowl with cranberries. Add lemon juice and sugar. Mix well.
• The relish is best if you give the sugar some time to dissolve -- that's the "cooking" time.

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.

IDA'S CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Blend first five ingredient.
• Add sugar to taste.
• Mix well and refrigerate overnight.

CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in an uncovered 3-quart saucepan, and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until most of the cranberries have opened and the mixture is somewhat thickened. Be sure to cook the cranberries until they "pop" in order to release the natural pectin, which thickens the sauce.
• Store in refrigerate for up to 1 day or until ready to use. Relish thickens a bit over time.
• NOTE - If you prefer a smoother sauce, strain the cranberry skins through a fine sieve.
• NOTE - For flavor variation, add ½ cup slivered almonds and 1 cup chopped apple bits with all the other ingredients (in Step #1).