I know we’ve had the apple pie debate in the past but now that Thanksgiving’s around the corner it is time for the Great Cranberry Sauce Debate of 2015.
Please select your preference:
a. Home-made cranberry sauce (generally cooked and sweetened)
b. Home-made cranberry relish (raw)
c. Canned jellied
d. Canned whole berry
Where do you stand?
Answer Key: C.
Kidding! This relish made a compelling argument. I think I might have to enjoy it a time or two this season but when it comes to leftover turkey sandwiches, I’ve still gotta go with C.
The best way to ruffle some feathers in my family is to forget to buy canned at all, buy canned whole berry or, even worse, to open the can and scoop it out with a spoon. We all require a jiggly cylinder plopped out of the can for perfectly round slices to be cut in the buffet line.
Classy right?!
Cranberry Relish
2 cups cranberries
1 (20 ounce) can cubed pineapple, drained
2 Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored and cut into wedges
1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
1 tsp granulated sugar (optional)
In a food processor, combine cranberries, pineapple, apples and oranges.
Pulse into small chunks, do not puree.
Taste and add sugar if needed. Chill and serve.
Remember the whole color wheel thing? Take a bunch of beautiful, bold colors, stir them all together and what do you get? something brownish. So do.not.puree. please!
It’ll lose its bold color anyway, so don’t make it worse with a puree.
Any chance you’ll mix it up this year?
C
I love my Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce.
Sorry (:
But the bowl with the fruit looked very good.
I get it! This can be an addition, not a substitute!
I love cranberries. I always make homemade cranberry sauce each year and I have a recipe for cranberry salsa that I love as well. This cranberry relish is going to have to be a new favorite of mine. Sounds delicious!
oooo, your salsa sounds delish too!
I am SUCH a huge fan of Cranberry so as soon as I saw this it was right click and print! Cannot wait to have a go at this at the weekend. Thank you !
I hope you love it! Happy Thanksgiving Week!
I have never had kind of cranberry sauce. I don’t think I will like those canned ones. I love that you used all fruits with your relish. Sounds refreshing. By the way, I love your website design! Very cute and clean!
Thank you!!
Now this sounds divine! So much better than plain cranberry sauce!
Thanks Sophia!
I never knew relish was made with raw ingredients! You learn something new everyday!
So fruity and fresh! Love it…
This is healthy and so easy recipe, I love it!
Thanks Teresa!
simple. beautiful. delicious. i love it!
this looks great, and is a variation that I’d try, but I’d stick to my traditional homemade whole berries, with orange for Christmas day. I think this is more of a hot weather version?
Ha! Might be the California girl in me.