Fruit-Sweetened Cranberry Relish

This is Monday’s recipe for the Baking Week we’re having at the T2CHK Message Board.

Today I am so excited to make this fruit-sweetened cranberry relish. My mom makes it every year and I have missed it. She has made it for so many people, who all love it.

It is really easy. You will need either a manual or electric grinder, or a food processor. If you only have a blender, you can use that too, but what you’ll want to watch is that you don’t liquefy the fruits. If you’re using a blender, chop small batches of fruit and use brief pulses of chopping to prevent liquefying the fruit.

I will be using the electric grinder that attaches to my mixer. However, I may do some of the fruit in my food processor just to compare the difference between the two. I will be making mine shortly and taking pics. I’ll come back to share.

Fruit-Sweetened Cranberry Relish
from Wardeh’s mom, Martha

*1 pound raw cranberries
*4 apples
*4 oranges

Wash cranberries. Remove any bad cranberries.

Wash and core the apples, leaving the peel on, and cut into wedges.

Peel the oranges and cut into wedges.

Using manual or electric food grinder, or food processor, process all the ingredients until they have a chunky relish consistency. Mix well.

Store in the refrigerator overnight to let the flavors mingle.

After the overnight set, taste. If the relish is too tart, mix in a natural sweetener, such as honey, agave, or maple syrup, to taste.

Variation: Spiced Relish: Add baking spices, such as cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg and/or ginger, to taste.

Related post: Comparing the electric grinder and food processor in preparing this recipe.