Cranberry-orange relish delivers iconic sweet and tart flavors to your holiday table in 5 minutes flat. As a naturally-sweet relish, this easy cranberry side dish relies on dates in lieu of refined sugar to add sweetness. While we typically bring this to our holiday dinner table, we also enjoy leftovers in sandwiches, oatmeal, and dairy-free yogurt.
How To Make This Recipe
We start by gathering our ingredients, which includes fresh cranberries. Cranberry season starts around mid-September and runs through November in North America. Because fresh cranberries are seasonal, we typically find them in the store around the Thanksgiving holiday. Outside of the holiday season, we rely on thawed frozen cranberries.
In addition to cranberries, we pull together a large orange, walnuts, and dates. Because we use our orange rind to flavor our relish, we simply wash the outside of the orange without peeling. While we’re gathering our ingredients, we soak our dates in hot water to soften and drain. Meanwhile, we’ll also bust out our handy food processor.
Cranberries, oranges, walnuts, and dates.
Prep The Relish
Once we have all of our ingredients ready, we cut our orange into large chunks without removing the skin. Then, we pour all of our ingredients into the bowl of our food processor.
Place everything into the food processor bowl.
Once everything is in the bowl, we start by giving our mix a few quick pulses. Then, we briefly blend. We stop blending when we reach a finely chopped yet crunchy mixture.
Process fruits and nuts to a crunchy relish.
Ready To Serve
And, just like that, we’re ready to enjoy our cranberry-orange relish. Be sure to chill this relish in a sealed container until ready to serve.
Enjoy your cranberry-orange relish.
For best results, we like to prepare our relish a few days before serving to meld the flavors. Enjoy any leftovers in sandwiches, oatmeal, and dairy-free yogurt.
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Cranberry-Orange Relish
Equipment
Instructions
- Cover dates in hot water and soak for 10 minutes to soften, drain.
- Meanwhile, wash and cut orange into large chunks. Do not remove the skin.
- Place all ingredients into a food processor. First pulse, then briefly blend. Stop when you reach a finely chopped yet crunchy mixture.
- Chill in a sealed container until ready to serve. For best results, prepare this relish a few days before serving.
