Why cook your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce or load it up with sugar when you can make this incredibly easy, raw cranberry relish recipe in just five minutes? After the feast, enjoy leftover relish with your morning oatmeal or as a spread in a sandwich or wrap. This three-ingredient cranberry relish recipe gets its natural sweetness from dates and and needs no cooking whatsoever. In fact, it’s so good you’ll want to freeze some fresh cranberries when they’re in season so you can enjoy this treat all year ’round.
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By Chef AJ ,
Ingredients
- 1 (12-ounce) bag fresh cranberries
- Zest and fruit of 2 large oranges
- 1 cup pitted dates (or more, to taste)
Instructions
- In a food processor fitted with the “S” blade, process all ingredients until the desired chunky texture is reached.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (¼ cup), 63 calories, 16 g carbohydrates, 0.7 g protein, 0.1 g total fat, 1 mg sodium, 2.7 g fiber, 12 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
I had some old bags of cranberries in the freezer, and the recipe turned out well. I use about 4 or 5 medjool dates, and with the oranges, seems sweet enough! Try it! I also process the cranberries last, because I like to keep some chunkiness to the relish.
Love this! New favorite and so versatile. I put it in my smoothies.
Just like my mom used to make, only healthier. 🙂
I love this on my hot breakfast cereal!
I suggest making the relish very soon after buying the fresh cranberries. Otherwise you can get spoilage of many of the berries, and food waste is not a good thing.
I added a few dashes of ground cloves and crushed pineapple.
Fabulous! I’ve made or had this recipe for a few years, so naturally sweet & yummy
Can this be made ahead and frozen?
Yes, it freezes really well. I prefer to thaw it in the refrigerator.
Been making something very similar for years. I only use 1 orange and leave the peal on. So even simpler to make. My mom use to make this relish with white sugar instead of dates and is happy to eat this version now
Hi Wendy. How much sugar would you sub for the dates in this recipe? I’m preparing for a low income group where dates may not be easily available or affordable.
Hi, Wendy — I do the same thing and skip both the sugar and the dates. I find naval oranges are naturally sweet enough. I do, however, remove any seeds!
I have been making this for years on Thanksgiving and X-mas, but I add chopped walnuts for the crunchiness and some date sugar (instead of dates) and some orange juice. It’s always a refreshing side dish
This was very good and I enjoyed that it had no sugar in it. Friends liked it too!
Holy F this is amazing. Just made to have as a Thanksgiving side. It may not make it until dinner.
Is it sweet or sour?Don’t Cranberries seem to be very sour without some kind of sugar?
Sooooooo easy and delicious! I added a little apple and pineapple!
Made this for Thanksgiving dinner and it was a big hit! Then I used the leftovers to dip apple slices and to top an oatmeal bake. So versatile and so delicious. Best part is how easy it is to make
What is oatmeal bake? Sounds delicious