Cranberry Apricot Relish with Ginger & Orange Zest. Apples, cranberries, and crystallized ginger make a delicious sweet-tart combo for holiday dinners, sandwiches, or adding to Apricot/Cranberry Chutney. A terrific recipe that my mother-in-law gave me. We have enjoyed it as an alternative to the traditional cranberry sauce! Cranberry Apricot Relish with Ginger & Orange Zest

You can cook Cranberry Apricot Relish with Ginger & Orange Zest using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cranberry Apricot Relish with Ginger & Orange Zest
  1. It’s of vegetable oil.
  2. It’s of minced shallots (onions will do in a pinch, but shallots are way better for this purpose).
  3. Prepare of finely minced fresh ginger root (or 1/2 teaspoons ginger powder).
  4. You need of package fresh cranberries.
  5. Prepare of orange, zested first then juiced (you can use Navel, Valencia, or Blood orange).
  6. It’s of sugar.
  7. It’s of kosher salt.
  8. Prepare of water to make up the difference between orange juice squeezed and 3/4 cups liquid.
  9. Prepare of dried apricots, cut into roughly 1/4" pieces.

In the market, look for ginger that is hard and heavy, with an unbroken peel that is thin, light colored, smooth and shiny. To prepare ginger, peel it with a vegetable peeler. Holiday and Thanksgiving Cranberry Relish recipe. Fresh cranberries ground up with apples and orange.

Cranberry Apricot Relish with Ginger & Orange Zest instructions

  1. In a large saucepan or deep saute pan, saute the shallots and ginger in the oil over medium heat until the shallots are translucent..

  2. Add the cranberries, sugar, liquid (all the juice from the orange plus the water), and salt and turn the heat up to medium high..

  3. Bring the relish to a gentle boil and keep it at a boil for 3 or 4 minutes while the cranberries pop, stirring occasionally. Pop any unpopped cranberries by pressing them against the sides of the pot with the back of a spatula, stir them back into the relish and let the relish reduce another 2 to 3 minutes over medium high heat, stirring occasionally..

  4. Remove the relish from the heat and cool for 10 to 15 minutes before stirring in the orange zest and dried apricot pieces..

  5. Enjoy! :).

Will apples alone balance the flavors? I'm also thinking about using candied/crystallized ginger. This uncooked cranberry relish is very refreshing with a unique ginger-citrus flavour. Add cranberry-ginger mixture to citrus fruit in bowl and stir in sugar, lime juice and zest; stir until sugar is dissolved. Taste and add more sugar if you feel it's necessary.