Cranberry-Orange Salad

Submitted by Eyemadreamer

"This was my great-grandmother's recipe. We've never had a Thanksgiving or a Christmas dinner without this."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 quarts ground cranberries
• 2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 orange, rind of, ground
• 2 peeled oranges
• 3⁄4 cup walnuts, semi coarsely chopped
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) boxes orange Jell-O

directions

1. Grind cranberries, oranges, rind and fold in the sugar.
2. Make the Jello with 1/2 the water it calls for. Stir quickly until dissolved.
3. Add to the cranberry mixture, add nuts.
4. Refrigerate overnight.

Reviews

[Rudy L.]

I too am grateful to find this recipe my Mother's friend made this every year..I haven't had it since the 70's! Thank you Thank you..

 

[zookeeper91326]

I am so grateful for this recipe! My dear mother used to make it for every Thanksgiving and Christmas feast, using a hand grinder. After she passed, I could never find her recipe. This looks to be the exact recipe, (although I think she used chopped pecans). Thank you so much for posting!

 

[Rod P.]

This is my family's traditional Cranberry Relish. Only we add apples and we don't use the Jello. The addition of the Jello sounds really good.

 

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

Decided not to "cheat" and get it at the deli. I'm so glad we tried this! Very refreshing with a good balance of flavors. We tried chopping the orange in my mini food processor. That didn't work so well. It was much better when I did it by hand with a knife. Next time, I'll zest a whole orange into the mixture instead of using the rind. The pith (white part of the rind) added a hint of bitterness that you could taste at times. And it serves WAY more than 8! Easily 12-16 unless you take huge portions. We thought it might be good with some chopped apple in it too.

 

[Sydney Mike]

I cut this recipe in half to serve 2 & that worked out well enough! Using a large orange & the zest from half of it, I diced the fruits quite small! I enjoyed this kind of salad & might just keep it as a winter holiday item for anyone who might not go for the usual cranberry sauce! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick-A-Chef]