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Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa

By Lorraine

 

 

Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.
Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive New Year’s Eve appetizer that you and your guests won’t be able to stop eating.

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Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.
The sweetened, tart cranberries are crazy good with the lime and jalapeno. It was a favorite on our Christmas Eve table and the recipe was requested.

 

 
Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.

I’ll be serving it again as we watch the clock tick the minutes away and we begin a brand New Year!

 

How to make Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa

Preparing the fruit and veggies

 

Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.

You will need to chop the fresh cranberries. A food processor makes short work of this. Just pulse cranberries until chopped. Peel (or leave apple peels on), core and chop 1 medium apple and chop 1/4 cup red onion or 3 green onions.

 

Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.

Prepare 2 jalapeno pepper. Cut away the stem, remove the seeds and finely chop.

 

Using a microplane or citrus zester, zest the lime.

 

After zesting the whole lime, cut it in half and juice to measure 1 tablespoon. To get the most juice from the lime, first roll it on the counter using the palm of your hand. Slice and juice.

 

Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive appetizer that your guests won't be able to stop eating.

Add the chopped veggies, cranberries and apple along with the lime zest, lime juice, sugar and salt to a large mixing bowl. Toss to combine. Stir in chopped cilantro or parsley.

Cover and chill the salsa for at least 20 minutes before serving. Longer is better up to 24 hours. 

 

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Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa

slightly adapted from American Institute for Cancer Research
 
PRINT RECIPE

Makes 2 cups (8 1/4-cup servings)

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 bag (12 oz.) fresh cranberries, or frozen, unsweetened, chopped
  • 1 medium Fuji apple, cored and chopped into small chunks (I do not remove peel)
  • 1/4 cup chopped red onion (I used 3 green onions, both green and white parts)
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 2 jalapeno pepper, without seeds, chopped
  • 1/3 cup sugar (more or less depending on your preference)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves (or fresh parsley if you prefer)

 

DIRECTIONS:

In food processor, pulse cranberries until chopped.

Transfer to a bowl; stir in the apple, green onion, lime zest, lime juice, jalapeno, sugar and salt. Stir in chopped cilantro or parsley.

Cover and chill for at least 20 minutes and up to 24 hours. The color will deepen the longer it chills. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired. Serve with tortilla or other preferred chips.

 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes Tagged With: Christmas, cranberries

Comments

  1. Cheryl says

    January 2, 2017 at 3:21 am

    Such a beautiful appetizer! Off to "Pin" it for next year…

    Thank you for sharing this!

    Reply
  2. Karen says

    December 31, 2016 at 12:58 am

    That is a festive dish! Wishing you a very Happy New Year

    Reply
  3. Lynn says

    December 30, 2016 at 9:34 am

    I've been looking at this (or similar) recipes all Christmas! Always nice when a Bloggy Buddy gives a good recommendation! Happy New Year-enjoy:@)

    Reply
  4. Mildred says

    December 29, 2016 at 11:54 am

    Sounds delicious and very unique AND it is pretty! Thank you and Happy New Year.

    Reply

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