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Recipe: What to do with leftover cranberry relish! |
Tikiwahine
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From: Ontario, Canada
|  Posted: 2005-12-27 11:18 pm Permalink
So I made about three cups of cranberry relish which consists of a bag of cranberries, an orange and some sugar.
With plenty of leftovers in the fridge a fish float lit up in my head. I could make a drink with this stuff! So I hauled out the blender last night and made myself a new drink. I added rum, ginger ale and orange curacao. Also ice to make it nice and slushy.
2 heaping tablespoons cranberry relish(recipe on back of ocean spray fresh cranberries bag)
1/2 cup crushed ice
4oz ginger ale
3/4 oz orange curacao
2oz rum(I used white)
Use your discretion, I didn't measure any of this stuff so don;t be too worried about specifics.
Blend like crazy!
Very tasty, I highly recommend it if you're also stuck with 2.9 cups of leftover cranberry relish.
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Humuhumu
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| Posted: 2005-12-27 11:25 pm Permalink
That sounds really yummy! I love cranberries, I bet their tartness works really well and gives it a unique flavor.
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KuKuAhu
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From: Kahiki, Ohio
| Posted: 2005-12-28 10:42 am Permalink
As an alternative, you could also put the relish into a half full bottle of vodka, shake, let it sit for about 4 weeks shaking occasionally...
..and then filter, add sugar syrup at one part to three (or so.. it's to taste really) and voila!
You've got cranberry-orange liqueur!
The cocktail sounds cool, but my family uses pecans in the relish. Not sure it would be all that good in the blender with the pecans.
Ahu
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Tikiwahine
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From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2005-12-28 1:56 pm Permalink
You know what Ahu, I used vodka in the drink, not rum! I have quite a bit extra, I'm going to give that liqueur a try. Thanks!
If anyone's wondering, the cranberry relish consisted of one bag of fresh cranberries, one whole orange(minus seeds) cut into eighths both put through a food processor or food grinder, then 3/4 cup of sugar is added. It's become my favorite turkey accompaniment.
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tikigik
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Joined: Oct 25, 2005
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
| Posted: 2006-04-02 5:52 pm Permalink
Tikiwahine wrote:
> If anyone's wondering, the cranberry relish consisted of
> one bag of fresh cranberries, one whole orange(minus seeds)
> cut into eighths both put through a food processor or food
> grinder, then 3/4 cup of sugar is added. It's become my
> favorite turkey accompaniment.
Try it with an apple or two (Red Delicious work well) thrown
in as well. Also, we prefer to make the relish a week or so
before the holiday. That allows the flavors to "blend". We
have ALWAYS used an old-fashioned hand food grinder.
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