Fresh Cranberries
‘Tis the season to start savoring the tartly delectable cranberry! My Cranberry Cooking cookbook (in paperback and digital formats) celebrates one of America’s most under-rated fruits. Whether you enjoy them in breads or desserts, sweetened in a sassy sauce, nestled into a perfect pork or poultry entree, or sprinkled over a sweet potato casserole, “yum” comes to mind with all these recipes, more than 100 in categories from breakfast to dessert, and this is the time of year when we can enjoy them with all their popping crisp freshness. Naturally I love giving a couple of the recipes free, because while we don’t mind paying for good cookbooks, FREE is always appreciated, I know.
We just had some friends over for a rack of lamb dinner party, so lamb is on my mind right now. While most folks typically think of cranberries in sauces, desserts, breads, or beverages, their entrée applications are marvelous.
Lamb with Cranberry Chutney
2 T olive oil
¾ c sweet onion, diced
1 c fresh or frozen cranberries
1/3 – ½ c orange marmalade
2 T brown sugar
2 T orange juice
Salt
6 lamb rib chops
In the olive oil in a heavy sauce pan, sauté onion 3-5 min over med heat, stirring frequently. Stir in cranberries, marmalade, brown sugar & orange juice; salt to suit your taste. Cook over med heat 5 min, stirring frequently, till sugar dissolves & cranberries pop. Remove from heat; set aside. Arrange lamb chops on cooking-spray coated grilling rack in foil-lined, shallow roasting pan. Broil 6” below heat source for 2-4 min per side, or until desired degree of doneness. Serve chops with chutney. Makes 2 servings of 3 ribs each.
KISS Tip: Broil 2 min per side for med-rare, 3 min per side for medium, and 4 min per side for med-well.
Now, I realize that lamb may or may not be a favorite of yours, so I also include a poultry entrée to tantalize your tastebuds.
Cathy’s Crocked Cranberry Chicken
I created this recipe in 2007, inspired by a childhood favorite that used apricot preserves.
4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded flat & folded around your favorite stuffing with ½ c dried cranberries & ½ c chopped apple added
Paprika
1 env dry onion soup mix
16 oz whole berry cranberry sauce
1 bottle cranberry vinaigrette
¼ c cranberry liquor, peach schnapps, or Grand Marnier
Place stuffed breasts in bottom of slow cooker. Sprinkle liberally with paprika & soup mix. Spread cranberry sauce over them; pour on the vinaigrette. Cover the cooker; cook on low for 4-5 hrs. Pour liquor over top & stir a bit. Cook 5 more min & serve with long grain & wild rice and a green vegetable.
To further entice you, here is a list with a few of the other recipes from Cranberry Cooking:
Appetizers: Cranberry Orange Hazelnut Dip, Turkey Cranberry Brie Quesadillas, Cranberry Crab Rangoon
Baked Non-Dessert: Cranberry Kissed Cinnamon Rolls, Spiced Cranberry Muffins, Sweet Potato Praline Coffee Cake
Beverages: Frozen Cranberry Margarita, Hot Percolator Punch, Smooooth Cape Cod
Desserts: Chocolate Cranberry Cupcakes, Cranberry Streusel Bars, Crumbling Cranberry Peach, Baked Cranberry Apples, Peachy Pecan Foster, Cranberry Mousse, White Chocolate Cranberry Tart
Entrees: Maple Cranberry BBQ Sauce, Cathy’s Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Rolls, Spirited Pork Chops, Cranberry Turkey Burgers
Fruits: Blushing Cranberry Pears, Cranberry Apple Dumplings
Salads: Cranberry Waldorf Salad, Cranberry Orange Spinach Salad, Cranberried Broccoli Salad, Cranberry Wild Rice Salad, Cranberry Vinaigrette
Sandwiches: Caramelized Cranberry Apple Peanut Butter, Zippy Cranberry Turkey Wraps
Sauces and Condiments: Honey Cranberry Barbeque Sauce, Mushroom Cranberry Sauce, Chunky Cranberry Apple Rhubarb Sauce, Tex Mex Cranberry Salsa
Side Dishes: Roast Turkey and Cranberry Sausage Stuffing, Spiced Sweet Potato and Cranberry Couscous, Wild Rice Cranberry Pilaf
Snacks: Nutty Snack Mix, Spiced Cranberry Popcorn
Soups: Cran-Apple Turkey Stew, Cranberried Turkey a la King
The Keep It Super Simple kitchens delighted in compiling this collection of scrumptious cranberry recipes… from appetizers and sauces to salads and entrees… for the KISS™ cookbook Super Series from Quiet Thunder Publishing. Cranberry Cooking, plus all the other books in the Super Series are conveniently bound in a handy 5×8” format. If you prefer digital editions, you will also find them on Kindle.
Cranberry Cooking is a special book of Super Simple recipes to help make Good Living as easy as 1-2-3. Enjoy… with love and laughter!
