Susans Spiced Cranberry Relish Food

SPICED CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until the berries pop and mixture is thickened, about 30 minutes. Cool. Transfer to a serving bowl; cover and refrigerate until chilled.

SPICY RED PEPPER CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Put sugar, jalapeños, lemon juice, salt and cayenne in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup water, then stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve sugar, and simmer 2 minutes.
• Add ginger and cranberries, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and let mixture cook, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have softened and no liquid remains in pan, about 15 minutes.
• Let cool and taste. Add more cayenne or jalapeños if desired. It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

HOLIDAY SPICED CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Mix pineapple, mandarin oranges, cranberry sauce, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours.

NUTTY CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Put the cranberries in a medium saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup of the cranberries to a small bowl.
• Add 1 cup sugar, the strip of orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved 1/2 cup cranberries. Season with salt and pepper. Taste and add more sugar, if desired.
• Quarter the unpeeled orange and apple; remove and discard the seeds. Roughly chop the fruit with 1/2 cup sugar in a food processor.
• Fold the orange and apple mixture into cranberry sauce along with the chopped toasted pecans. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

SUSAN'S SPICED CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• 1. Place cranberry sauce in a large mixing bowl. Stir gently to break up the canned shape.
• 2. Chop the oranges coarsely. Add to cranberry sauce along with raisins.
• 3. Stir together nuts, spices, and brown sugar until well blended. Stir into cranberry sauce.
• 4. Cover and chill until serving time. The flavor improves if chilled at least 4 hours.

DRUNKEN CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the cranberries with the orange juice and brown sugar.
• Heat over medium heat, and cook, for about 10 minutes, or until cranberries have popped and the sauce has thickened.
• Pour in the rum, and stir, cooking until it has evaporated.
• Serve warm or cold as a side dish at the holiday table.

SPICED CRANBERRY-ORANGE RELISH

Steps:

• Wash cranberries and combine in heavy saucepan with sugar, water and orange juice. Bring to boil over high heat; reduce heat and cook at gentle boil until cranberries begin to pop.
• Remove from heat and stir in cherries and Grand Marnier. Chill, for up to a week.
• When ready to serve, stir in pecans.

CRISPY CHICKEN WITH SPICY PEAR CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the drumettes and chicken legs into separate shallow dishes and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes and 2 rosemary sprigs to each dish. Drain the pears and save the juice and pears. Reserve 2 tablespoons juice for the salad dressing. Pour the remaining juice from 1 can of pears over each dish and toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Make the dressing by whisking together the reserved 2 tablespoons pear juice, lime juice, olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• When you are ready to fry the chicken, heat an inch of canola oil over medium-high heat in a heavy skillet to 350 degrees F. Put the flour into a shallow dish and season it well with cayenne, salt and pepper. Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade. Pat the chicken dry and coat with the flour mixture. Let them rest on a plate while the oil gets hot. Fry the chicken in batches. Drain them on paper towels and keep warm.
• While the chicken is cooking, add the marinade to a medium pot. Pick out the rosemary sprigs, add the shallots and bring to a boil. Cook until the marinade has reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the pears and cook until they are hot. Pour the mixture into a blender, add the cranberry jelly and butter, and puree carefully as it is hot. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. The mixture should be thick but pourable. If it is too thin, put it back into the pan and reduce it a bit.
• Pour some of the spicy pear sauce onto a plate and place the chicken legs or drummettes on top. Toss the arugula with the dressing and put a small pile onto each plate.

ORANGE CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar, water, Triple Sec and orange juice. Cook over medium heat until berries pop, about 15 minutes., Remove from the heat; stir in orange zest. Transfer to a small bowl. Chill until serving.

HONEY CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Pick through cranberries and throw away any bad ones. In a medium saucepan set to medium-high heat, add cranberries, water, orange juice, and honey. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.
• Let thicken, stirring occasionally for about 8-10 minutes until most of the cranberries half burst and the sauce is the desired thickness (sauce will thicken much more as it cools).
• Remove from heat and stir in orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Taste and adjust if desired. Watch out - it will be hot!
• Refrigerate in a sealed container and bring to room temperature before serving. Sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

SPICY CRANBERRY RELISH

Steps:

• Finely grate 1 teaspoon zest from lime, then squeeze enough juice to measure 2 tablespoons.
• Pulse cranberries with zest, juice, onion, sugar, and chile to taste in a food processor until finely chopped. Chill relish, covered, stirring occasionally, at least 2 hours (to allow flavors to develop) and up to 1 week.

SPICED CRANBERRY AND ORANGE RELISH

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer syrup, without stirring, washing down any sugar crystals on side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water, 5 minutes.
• While syrup simmers, cut oranges, including peel and pith, into 1-inch pieces, discarding any seeds, and combine with cranberries, cinnamon, and cloves in a food processor.
• Add sugar syrup and pulse until fruit is finely chopped. Transfer relish to a bowl and stir in ginger. Chill, covered, 1 day for flavors to develop.

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.