Many years ago, at one of my earliest Christmas parties, a friend brought this dish. She also gave me the undated clipping with the recipe from the Long Beach Press-Telegram, so to be accurate I need to give credit where credit is due: Thank you, Colleen, for bringing this salad, and thank you, Evelyn Tietsort of Long Beach, who originally submitted the recipe. It’s really good, has unusual ingredients, and is a snap to make if you can use a food processor. Jello molds are ubiquitous with Southern dinners, so of course, I included this in my Southern-Thanksgiving-do.
1 lb. fresh cranberries
1 orange
1½ c. sugar
1 pkg. (3 oz.) lemon gelatin
1 pkg. (3 oz.) raspberry gelatin
1 tsp. grated ginger
2 c. boiling water
1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 c. chopped celery
In a food processor, grind cranberries and orange (including peel). Add sugar to fruit and allow to stand overnight in refrigerator.
In a large bowl, combine gelatin with boiling water. Chill in freezer to consistency of egg white (40 mins. or less). Add pineapple, nuts, celery, and ginger, and stir gently. Pour into a 13”x9” pan or a 3-qt. mold. Chill thoroughly.
Makes 12 servings.
Cranberry Mold
Equipment
- 1 food processor
Ingredients
- 1 lb. fresh cranberries, picked over
- 1 orange, washed and dried
- 1½ c. sugar
- 1 3 oz lemon gelatin
- 1 3 oz. raspberry gelatin
- 1 t. grated fresh ginger
- 2 c. boiling water
- 1 20 oz. crushed pineapple
- 1 c. chopped walnuts
- 1 c. chopped celery
Instructions
- In a food processor, grind cranberries and orange (including peel) until fine.
- Add sugar to fruit and allow to stand overnight in refrigerator.
- In a large bowl, combine both gelatins with boiling water.
- Chill gelatin mixture in freezer to consistency of egg whites (40 mins. or less).
- Add pineapple, nuts, celery, and ginger to gelatin mixture and stir gently.
- Pour into a 13" x 9" pan or 3-qt. mold.
- Chill thoroughly in refrigerator (up to 12 hours or more).
- When ready to serve, remove mold from refrigerator, and place upside down on serving plate.
- Dampen a paper or dish towel with very hot water, wring towel dry, and cover the mold (still upside down on the serving platter) with the warm towel to gently warm the jello mixture just very slightly, and loosen it from the mold.
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