Cranberry salad (ingredients, turkey, celery, brown sugar)

[nmnita]

Ok, I am assigned or I volunteered to bring a cranberry salad for turkey day. Need a suggestion or two.

[Dogboa]

They seem to have many variations, some including marshmallows, heavy cream and/or Cool Whip. I prefer the canned jellied stuff as I only use it on turkey sandwiches.

[Debsi]

I do a traditional whole berry jellied sauce, but I cook it down a little more and cool it in a beautiful mold so it looks like 5 cranberry roses.

[gentlearts]

Pioneer Woman did a family favorite Cranberry jello salad yesterday, but I’ve been all over the website and I can’t find the recipe. Anyway, you can’t go wrong with Jell-O, whole cranberry sauce, orange peel, crushed pineabble and nuts. Hers had a cream cheese layer on top and it was made in a 9x13 and cut in squares.

I’d start by whether you want a mold or something flat, then go from there.

[historyfan]

I cook cranberries in saucepan just until some pop (not more than 1/2) according to water & sugar ratio on bag, but I use orange juice instead of water, & orange zest, and right after removing from heat stir in a very small amount (less teaspoon) of almond extract.

Then refrigerate overnight in attractive serving dish covered with sarah wrap. I think they taste best served at room temperature.

[Hemlock140]

Try this one, our favorite:


Can of the whole berry cranberry sauce (not jellied!)

Can of crushed pineapple
Bag of sliced thawed frozen strawberries


Combine and let chill in the refrigerator at least an hour before serving

[ClaraC]

Do you have to bring cranberry salad, or can you just bring fresh cranberries?

The recipe on the side of a sack of cranberries: 1 sack of cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water. Boil until the cranberries start to pop and your whole house fills with cranberry aroma.

No one who likes cranberries, doesn't like that recipe.

[Almrausch]

It is not cranberry salad rather a cranberry chutney and it is a hit every time!

This makes around 3 1/2 cups......

2 garlic cloves ( or more if you love garlic)
1 onion
4 cups whole cranberries ( you can use the whole cranberries from the tin too)
1 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp yellow mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fresh ginger ( you can use ground ginger)
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ground cardamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 to 1/2 tsp dried red chili flakes ( or fresh chili,make it as spicy as you prefer)
1 large Bartlett pear peeled and cored ( I leave the peel on)

In food processor add garlic and mince finely,add onion,chop coarsely.Transfer to a pot,adding remaining ingredients except for the pear.Bring to a boil,reduce heat and simmer until cranberry chutney is very thick.Stir occasionally,about 40 minutes.Lastly chop pear coarsely and add to chutney.Cook 10 more minutes,stir frequently,remove from stove and add a bit more light brown sugar if needed.Serve warm or cold to poultry,roasts or sandwiches or just as a spread on bread.You can refrigerate the cranberry chutney for 4 weeks.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Simmer fresh cranberries in sugar syrup until done and sweetened. Drain, mix with fresh or frozen fruit. Add a Tablespoon or two of frozen orange juice concentrate to prevent fruit from browning.No dressing, the fruit will give off a bit of juice and that's all it needs.

I prefer soft fruits in fruit salad. This time of year, ripe pears, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, fresh pineapple. Maybe mango or banana. But of course, you can use apples.

Those simmered cranberries can also be added to a green salad with a few fresh pears and candied pecans with a mustard dressing.

[grampaTom]

We've done this for as long as I can remember:

3 C fresh cranberries
2 apples (gala, honeycrisp...) peeled, cored and quartered
2 oranges cut into about 8 pieces each (peeling and all -- you can pick out the seeds if you want)
1 C nuts (I use pecans)

It doesn't really need sugar but you can add some if you want. Ditto on celery.

pulse it all in a food processor until 'salsa consistency'. I like to chill it overnight. I also have been known to add a little rum or vodka -- shhhhh.