Recipes
Basic Cranberry Juice
2 cups of fresh or fresh frozen Cranberries
4 cups of Water
Place in a pot large enough to accomodate. DO NOT USE ALUMINUM POT. Bring to a boil & simmer until berries pop open. Cool & refrigerate, sweeten to taste. This can be added to teas or any juice. Makes about 5 cups.
Reserve berry pulp & use in muffins, pancakes or oatmeal.
Cranrose Tea
Boil 2 cups of fresh cranberries & 4-5 sprigs of fresh rosemary in 4 cups of water, simmer until the Cranberries pop open. To the juice add your favorite tea such as white tea, green tea or Cranberry Tea. I use TAZO Passion.
Cool & strain juice into container. Dilute & sweeten to taste. I use Stevia liquid sweetener.
Cranberry Orange Relish
Here's another variation of an old recipe:
2 sweet seedless oranges remove coarse white ribs & ends, cut in fourths. Place in a food processor & chop coarsely.
Rinse 2-3 cups of fresh cranberries (if using frozen it works best if you use warm water to soften them slightly. Otherwise you get an icy frosty result.) Process just till coarsely chopped. Mix together oranges & cranberries together. At this stage this blend can be sweetened to taste with a liquid sweetener of choice or sugar & stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. It can also be frozen.
This can be served with chicken, turkey, pork, Use it to top your oatmeal or add it to your morning smoothie.
We like to add this mixture to Sweet Baby Ray's Bar-B-Q sauce and use it on Dave's Bar-B-Q Spare Ribs....but that's another recipe!