One of the most traditional and delicious condiments to serve with the turkey are the cranberries! Now, if you don't like cranberry sauce, then it is because you probably have slid it out of a can and onto a plate and whacked it up. No. Thank. You.
Let me give you a few ideas that are easy, delicious, and won't scare the crap out of everyone when it is brought to the table.
Cranberry Jalapeno Relish
Grab 2 medium oranges. Peel them, section them, and roughly chop them up. Put 1 half of them in a food processor. Zest about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the peel. This will give it a good orange kick in the pants. Seed and chop 2 jalapeno peppers. Put this in the food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add about a cup of sugar and pulse 3-4 more times. Add 1 pound fresh cranberries and pulse until they are roughly chopped. Adjust the seasoning adding more sugar if you need it. Dump this in a bowl and add the remaining chopped orange. Throw in a tablespoon of chopped mint leaves. Chill for about 30 minutes. You can make this 2 days ahead and it will have tons of flavor! I love the texture of this and the sweet/hot thing going on!
Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Sauce
In a medium pot add 2 cups of cranberry juice, 1 6 ounce bag of sweetened dried cranberries, a cinnamon stick broken in half and a cup of sugar. Bring it up to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add 2 Gala apples, seeded, peeled, cored and diced. Cook until the cranberries have softened and the apples are tender. About 5 minutes.
Remove about 8 ounces of the liquid to a small bowl and whisk in 2 teaspoons of cornstarch. Slowly add this cornstarch stuff to the cranberry mixture and keep stirring for 5 minutes.
Take it off of the stove and pour into a pretty serving bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour and remove the cinnamon sticks.
Put it on the table and watch it disappear.
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