The Hungry Canary

1990 Christmas Collection · Mother's Cookbook

Mum’s Cranberry Relish

Contributed by Barbara Stalker.

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound cranberries
  • 2 small packages lemon gelatin
  • 1 large orange
  • 1 apple
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • Sugar, about 2–3 cups, to taste
  • 1½–3 cups water (original range; 1 cup boiling to dissolve gelatin, remainder cold)

Directions

  1. Peel and skin orange. Wash and drain cranberries; core apple.
  2. Grind cranberries, orange and apple together.
  3. Dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.
  4. Add cold water and the remaining ingredients; sweeten to taste.
  5. Chill until set.

Kitchen and Family Notes

Original notes that a hand-operated grinder loses more juice than a food processor, and advises using more water for the former. The printed water range is unusual; follow gelatin-set consistency and check the original before preparing.

Archival source recipe; not reported as newly kitchen-tested.

Original Source

Submitted by Barbara Stalker, Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes, Timesaver Shopping Guide, December 11, 1990, page 31. From Mother's cookbook collection.