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Rock-Your-World Cranberries

By November 20, 201340 Comments

I feel like Iโ€™ve been dancing around this one for a few posts now โ€” I keep alluding to the mysteriously adventurous cranberry sauce that includes ingredients some Thanksgiving traditionalists (read: My Mom) might categorize under โ€œnewfangled:โ€ Ginger, mint, raw, fresh cranberries. (Weโ€™ve never been a molded-from-a-can family, but we have definitely been in the boil-them-down-to-jelly camp.) The recipe, Cranberry-Orange Relish, is fromย Bon Appetitโ€˜s Andrew Knowlton, and offers the perfect fresh-and-bright hit on a plate piled with rich, buttery, beige-y starches. (And hopefully piled high.) Last Thanksgiving, it was so good, so necessary, that I found myself not just tolerating it for the sake of tradition, as I usually do, but actually loving it, going back for seconds, and all year long dreaming of making it again.

Related: The Official Application for Submitting a New Dish to the Thanksgiving Table.

40 Comments

  • Avatar Melissa K says:

    I love cranberries and oranges. Mint and ginger sound like excellent flavors to add. I might have to add this to the menu this year. Of course Iโ€™ll still make the usual cranberry sauce too since itโ€™s ok to add to the menu but not ok to remove the โ€˜regularsโ€™ from the menu.

    Love your cookbook and the blog. Thanks for the new ideas.

    #newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Katie says:

    I love cranberry orange relish! My family has made this every year since I was a child (we usually just follow the recipe on the back of the cranberry bag!) I might see if I can convince my family to try this one!! #newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Amy Sue says:

    #newslettergiveaway
    My Aunt in Orrville is a friend of one of your family members. She is the one who originally recommended your blog to me and I am so glad she did. Love your book, recipes and all your recommendations!

  • Avatar Rosie says:

    I dog-eared this recipe in my issue-hoping to try it this year as it looks great.

    #newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Rosie says:

    This looks like a great recipe-i even dog-eared it in my copy at home. Hoping to try it this year.

    #newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Mary says:

    I have not tried making a cranberry relish before. This sounds like a great recipe! Will have to give it a try!
    Love your cookbook!
    #newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Ames says:

    #newslettergiveaway
    love all the T Day posts!!

  • Avatar Denise says:

    Thanks for this great recipe and the many thanksgiving related posts. The Four and Twenty Blackbirds pie book would certainly give some new recipes in my rotation for the 25+ years of the โ€œpie-a-month prenup โ€ for my husband and then family โค๏ธโ€ฆโ€ฆ.#newslettergiveaway

  • Avatar Angela says:

    #newslettergiveaway

    Cookbook sounds amazing

  • Carlinne @Cook with 2 Chicks says:

    I have made a cooked version of this. How refreshing to prepare it this way.

  • A Life From Scratch says:

    Jenny โ€“ ok, now Iโ€™m really looking this over since Iโ€™m toying between a few cranberry recipes to make. Iโ€™m confused by your picture vs the bon appetit one โ€“ it looks like two different recipes! Did you do something different? I like your โ€˜lookโ€™ better ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • jenny jenny says:

    @A LIFE โ€“ youโ€™re right, they do look different. Iโ€™m guessing I probably spaced out a bit while I was supposed to be โ€œcoarsely choppingโ€ in the processor. I mightโ€™ve let the blade spin a little too long โ€” theirs looked like they only pulsed the blade a few times. From what I remember though, it didnโ€™t seem to detract from the flavor in any way shape or form. Delicious.

  • A Life From Scratch says:

    Thanks so much for the response!

  • Avatar Rosie says:

    I made this over the weekend to accompany a smoked bone-in turkey breast that we were bringing to a friendโ€™s potluck and you are right..this recipe is out of this world good. I am so glad to have leftovers as they went atop my greek yogurt yesterday morning and on top of my oatmeal today. Thank you!

  • Avatar Vanessa says:

    This was wonderful- thank you so much for sharing!

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