Yummy Fresh Cranberry Salsa
Get this recipe for yummy fresh cranberry salsa if you want to be the one to bring the simplest and most delicious dish to the next holiday party!
This cranberry salsa will make you feel like a celebrity. At least it did for Brian.
He brought it to several events last week and every time, he returned with accounts of people mobbing him for the recipe, weeping at the fear he wouldn’t share it and kissing his feet when he did (accounts may have been ever so slightly dramatized).
It is probably the yummiest, simplest thing you can make this holiday season eliciting the same type of reaction that might happen if you made a life sized Santa caricature out of cheesecake and chocolate (can we all commit to each other just not to go there, ever?).
People go crazy over this stuff. And it couldn’t be easier: toss everything in a blender or food processor and chop choppity chop.
You could also get wild and crazy and serve it at Thanksgiving instead of a more traditional cranberry sauce.
Don’t let the fresh cranberry season get away from you without making this. I won’t tell if you decide to make it and keep it all to yourself.
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Yummy Fresh Cranberry Salsa
Ingredients
- 1 (12-ounce) package (340 g) fresh cranberries
- 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored and chopped
- ¼ medium red onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- ½ large red pepper, roughly chopped
- ¾ cup (159 g) granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup (75 g) no-sugar added applesauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced (use the seeds if you want more heat)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and pulse until combined (and it is the texture you want).
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to give the flavors a chance to meld. It can be made and refrigerated for up to a week or longer.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
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Recipe Source: adapted slightly (and recipes combined) from a recipe my Aunt Marilyn sent me as well as one sent to me by Kristin R. several years ago
This was so good. Can you use frozen cranberries for this salas or just fresh?
I have never tried with frozen – I think the texture would be a bit different but worth a try!
I was skeptical about the applesauce but it all turned out delicious and is the perfect addition to holiday parties. I am excited to eat more of it! Thanks so much.
This is delicious! Even with my slight modifications due to lack of ingredients! I used frozen cranberries and cut the sugar to 1/4 cup plus a T or so of honey. So so good. Even my 2 year old is devouring it
This has turned into a Holiday staple for me. So easy and flavorful.
This might not be as completely exciting to you as it was to me, but you can make this with rhubarb!!! I subbed fresh rhubarb for the cranberries and it was amazing. I subbed them by weight but I ended up having to add more chopped rhubarb because it was a little sweet for my taste and I wanted more of the rhubarb flavor. Next time I will cut back on the sugar a bit. But it was just as delicious as the original version, which I have made dozens of times and always miss when cranberry season is over.
That’s amazing, Nicole – thanks for sharing!
I was a bit skeptical, but this is delicious! I cut the sugar down to 1/2 cup, but I wish I would have done even less because it was too sweet for my taste.
Everybody wanted this recipe! It was the hit of Thanksgiving and so easy to make. I also like that it can be made ahead of time.