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Is it a salad or is it a dessert? After you make the recipes outlined in our guide, how to make cranberry salad, you'll want to enjoy the succulent salad both during and after your meal. Be the hit of your next family gathering by creating the easy dish with a gelatin base, whipped cream base or a combination of different ingredients in one of their tasty variations.
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Is it a salad or is it a dessert? After you make the recipes outlined in our guide, how to make cranberry salad, you'll want to enjoy the succulent salad both during and after your meal. Be the hit of your next family gathering by creating the easy dish with a gelatin base, whipped cream base or a combination of different ingredients in one of their tasty variations.
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Introduction
- While a Jell-O mold with pieces of pineapple may be the traditional holiday fare, why not spruce the salad up this year with additional texture and color? A cranberry salad combines the typical gelatin with festive red cranberries and tangy oranges, pineapple and crunchy walnuts. You may also love a fluffier dish that uses whipped cream and sweet marshmallows in place of the jiggling gelatin. Once you try these quick and easy recipes, you may never go back to the original.
Fresh Cranberry Tips
- Although there are some recipes that call for canned whole cranberry sauce or even canned jellied cranberry sauce, whole fresh or frozen cranberries are a great choice.All Recipes: Party Cranberry Salad All Recipes: Frozen Cranberry Salad All Recipes: Cranberry Gelatin Salad I Use the following tips to buy and store them properly to ensure the best taste for your salad.
Buying
- Fresh cranberries are typically in season from September through December.OceanSpray: When Can I Get Fresh Cranberries?
- A 12-ounce bag of cranberries holds about three cups worth.Cranberry Institute: The Cranberry Institute's Whole Berry Freezing Facts and Cooking Pointers
- Choose firm, shiny berries with a vibrant red color.Weight Watchers: Selection, Preparation and Storage
- Ripe cranberries will also bounce.Bon Appetit: How to Buy Cranberries
- Avoid using cranberries that are discolored, overly soft or shriveled.Recipezaar: How to Select Cranberries
Cleaning and Storing
- Remove any bruised berries, leaves and stems.Cranberry Institute: The Cranberry Institute's Whole Berry Freezing Facts and Cooking Pointers
- Rinse them in cold water before using.OceanSpray: How Do I Use Fresh Cranberries?
- Store fresh cranberries in their plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to two months.Bon Appetit: How to Store Cranberries
- To keep them longer, wash and pat the berries dry and store them in a freezer bag for one year.Weight Watchers: Selection, Preparation and Storage
Making Cranberry Gelatin Salad
- Combine the following ingredients to make about seven servings of sweet and tart cranberry salad in less than two hours.
What You'll Need
- Ingredients
- 3 ounce package raspberry gelatin
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups cranberries
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
- 1 orange, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Sour cream or whipped cream (optional)
- Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon
- Gelatin mold or 9 x 9-inch pan (optional)
What to Do
- Dissolve the gelatin in hot water.Recipezaar: Jellied Cranberry Salad III
- Stir in the cold water to chill the gelatin.Recipezaar: Jellied Cranberry Salad
- Let the gelatin start to set, but not harden completely.Food Network: Paula Deen's Cranberry Salad Recipe
- Fold the cranberries, pineapple, nuts, oranges and sugar into the gelatin.Recipezaar: Jellied Cranberry Salad III
- Chill in the refrigerator until firm.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad II
- -To prepare it for serving, you can also pour the salad into a 9 x 9-inch baking dish before chilling.Recipezaar: Jellied Cranberry Salad
- -You can also pour the mixture into a gelatin mold for a dynamic presentation.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad IV-2
- If desired, top the salad with a dab of sour cream or whipped cream before serving.Food Network: Paula Deen's Cranberry Salad Recipe
Making Whipped Cranberry Salad
- If you'd prefer a fluffy cranberry salad that uses whipped cream and marshmallows to bind the cranberries and fruit, try this recipe that will serve 10 people in about an hour.
What to Do
- Grind the cranberries up in a food processor.Razzle Dazzle Recipes: Whipped Cranberry Salad
- Combine the ground cranberries and sugar in a mixing bowl.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad IV
- Let the mixture sit at room temperature until the sugar is dissolved, about one hour.Recipezaar: Kelley's Cranberry Salad
- In a different mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream until it's fluffy and stiff.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad I
- -Consider putting the hand mixer's beaters and the mixing bowl in the freezer before whipping the cream to make the process go faster.Rachel Ray: Cranberry Salad
- -You can also use pre-made whipped topping.Recipezaar: Kelley's Cranberry Salad
- Stir the pineapple into the cranberry and sugar mixture.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad I
- Mix the cranberry and pineapple mixture with the whipped cream and miniature marshmallows in a large serving bowl.Recipezaar: Kelley's Cranberry Salad
- Refrigerate the salad until you're ready to serve it.Rachel Ray: Cranberry Salad
Variations
- Whether you prefer your cranberry salad with a gelatin or whipped cream base, alter its texture, consistency and base flavors with one of these simple recipe variations.
- Add cream cheese to give the salad a fluffier consistency.All Recipes: Creamy Cranberry Salad
- Apples and grapes give a whipped cranberry salad succulent texture.About.com: Cranberry Salad
- Use lemon-flavored gelatin for a different base flavor.All Recipes: Cranberry Salad V
- Sugar substitute and sugar-free gelatin will reduce the salad's calorie count.Cooks.com: Cranberry Salad with Equal
- Give the salad a heavy cherry flavor by adding pitted cherries and using cherry gelatin.Group Recipes: Cranberry Jello Salad
Additional Cranberry Whipped Salad Recipes
- All Recipes: Cranberry Salad VI
- All Recipes: Grandma's Cranberry Salad
- All Recipes: Holiday Cranberry Salad
- Recipezaar: Cranberry Salad with Pecans
- Recipezaar: Cranberry and Marshmallow Salad
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