Pineapple Cranberry Relish – 5 Ingredients Easy Recipe is a must have cranberry relish at the Thanksgiving Dinner Table. It is perfect to be served with your roasted root vegetables, alongside your cracker and cheese platter or on top of your favorite protein.
Pineapple Cranberry Relish
Pineapple Cranberry Relish
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Cranberry sauce or relish or chutney is a quintessential condiment on the Thanksgiving Dinner Table. I have never come across a holiday dinner setting which is missing out on cranberry sauce. This sauce or relish or chutney is often served with turkey for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas dinner. When this is made with just 5 Ingredients, then all the more reason to make it.
Little History – There is no historical evidence if Cranberry sauce was consumed as a part of the meal in 1600s by Pilgrims and the Native Indian Tribe. What makes it more unlikely is that the use of sugar was not much widely known on the native american side at that time. The tribes did use cranberries though for dyes, medicine and food. The cranberry sauce finds a better mention in the history in 1800s when Americans started dry harvesting. In early 1900s, when the wet harvesting of the cranberries became a more handy technique, the production of these grew and cranberry sauce made it to the shelves of the American Market.
Pineapple Cranberry Relish
If you ask me, how will I compare it to any Indian Berry back home, then I would say that it is closer in taste and texture to Karonda (known as Bengal Currant in English) and Amla (gooseberry) with the similar health benefits.
Here is how to make Pineapple Cranberry Relish .
Pineapple Cranberry Relish - 5 Ingredients Easy Recipe is a must have cranberry relish at the Thanksgiving Dinner Table. It is perfect to be served with your roasted root vegetables, alongside your cracker and cheese platter or on top of your favorite protein.
- 12 ounce Cranberries fresh
- 20 ounce Pineapple chunks, canned unsweetened
- 1/3 cup Brown Sugar packed
- 2 Cloves crushed lightly
- 1 cup Water
- 1/4 tsp chili flakes optional
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Take a blender. Add washed cranberries, Pineapple chunks along with its juice to the blender. Churn in the blender till roughly blended. We want chunky blend and not the smooth blend of berries and pineapple. If some berries are left whole, then it is okay.
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Now take a heavy bottom sauce pan. Add Cranberries +Pineapple crush into the pan. Add packed brown sugar, crushed cloves and 1 cup water to the pan. If you are planning to add a little kick to the relish, then add a fat pinch of chili flakes to it now. This step is totally optional.
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Bring the Pineapple Cranberry Relish mix to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cover with a lid. Covering with lid is important since it splatters while cooking. Cook for 10-15 minutes till the relish starts thickening. Keep stirring in between, to avoid burning.
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Switch off the heat Let it cool down completely to the room temperature before storing it.
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Store the Relish in a clean glass jar with air tight lid or a clean plastic container with a tight lid. You can store it at the room temperature, but for better shelf life, store it in the refrigerator.
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Serve this relish on top of your favorite roasted protein.
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Serve it with your Cheese Platter along side your cheese and crackers, grapes, celery and wine.
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Bake with this relish. Make mini bites with ready to use puff pastry or pie shells. Cut small pieces of these pastries, fill them with some cheese, relish and nuts. Bake till golden. These make perfect appetizers.
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Spread on your sandwiches and wraps and make a filling delicious wrap with some protein and nuts in it.
Isn’t this Pineapple Cranberry Relish easy peasy? Simple instructions and made with just 5 MAIN INGREDIENTS. The best part is that this can be made in advance and used as required. You can use it warm or room temperature or cold out of refrigerator. I am going to eat it for my snack today with some cheese and crackers plus celery and carrots.
You got to try my Creamy Garlicky Mashed Potatoes for your Thanksgiving meal along side this chutney.
This chutney or sauce makes an excellent gift for your hostess if you are invited for a dinner. Also, this relish goes very well in any last minute small baked bites, made with some cheese, nuts and cranberry sauce. A recipe coming up soon for that.
Pineapple Cranberry Relish
Some other recipes to try for Thanksgiving from my blog are – Green Beans with Cranberry Sauce , Grilled Asparagus , Broccoli in Orange and Honey , etc.
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Cranberry is a small sweet and tart berry with a slight bitter after taste. To learn more about this berry, click here (source -wiki). This berry is very high in Vitamin C, which makes it perfect to be included in your Winter Diet to boost the immunity and help keep the cold and cough at bay! If not for anything else, make this relish for the cold reason.
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Pineapple Cranberry Relish
I am sure that you will be making this delicious Pineapple Cranberry Relish for this Thanksgiving and probably would not be making it any other way! 🙂
Keep me posted if you try this recipe and send your reviews.
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Josette@thebrookcook
I make a cranberry relish for Thanksgiving too. I mix the chopped cranberries with a apple cider syrup. LOVE it! Your version sounds great with the pineapple!
simplyvegetarian777
That sounds really good Josette! Will check on your blog if you have posted the recipe 🙂
Josette@thebrookcook
I have made it for YEARS! It’s on there. 😉
Tamara Andersen
What a lovely and informative post! I love this healthy version with the addition of cloves and red chili flakes… It would surely grace the table of the most elegant meal!
simplyvegetarian777
Thank you so much Tammy
Julie is Hostess At Heart
I love cranberry relish and only eat it at Thanksgiving. Having a healthier version is great! It’s such a beautiful dish.
simplyvegetarian777
Thank you so much Julie