Fresh Cranberry Apple Relish
Ingredients
- 12 ounces (340 g) fresh cranberries, about 3 cups
- 2 medium crisp sweet apples, cored and quartered (peeling is optional)
- 1 large orange, zested (reserve the zest!), peeled, and separated into segments (see note) - or one can of drained mandarin oranges
- Zest of one orange, about a tablespoon
- ¼ to ⅓ cup (53 to 71 g) granulated sugar
Instructions
- Pulse the cranberries in a food processor or blender until coarsely chopped. Scrape into a medium bowl. Repeat the processing/chopping with the apples and orange (I process these two ingredients together but you can chop them separately) until they are coarsely chopped. Add to the bowl with the cranberries.
- Stir in the orange zest and sugar and mix until the ingredients are well combined. Refrigerate for at least two hours (although it's best made a day or two ahead - it only gets better with time!)
Notes
Segmenting the Orange: if you find that the oranges aren't "chopping" well and staying in stringy pieces because of the membrane and pithy parts, you can use a sharp knife to peel off those areas of the orange (called "segmenting" an orange) before chopping it with the apples.
Fresh Orange Substitution: a drained can of mandarin oranges can work as substitute for the fresh orange segments.
Chopping: if you don't have a food processor or blender, you can try your hand (and knife skills) and chop everything up on a cutting board. Whether you do it by hand or with a machine, the final texture, how coarse or fine everything is chopped, is up to you.