Step1
Obtain One Cup Of Raisins
I obtain my raisins from my local heath food store in their bulk section. I bought 1/2 pound of organic Thompson Raisins.
Step2
Obtain Twelve Ounces of Organic Cranberries
The recipe calls for twelve ounces of Cranberries, approx. three cups. At the health food store where I bought these cranberries they only sold cranberries in pint container, not the usual twelve ounce bag, so you will be using one and a half pints, or three cups.
Step3
Obtain Four Organic Apples
This apples are off our organic apple tree.
Step4
Hand Tools I Used
These are the hand tools I used to make the raw apple sauce: apple slicer, food chopper, peeler.
Step5
Soak Raisins In Water
In Alissa's recipe she doesn't say how long to soak. As I said above, I am using organic Thompson Raisins and the are really soft already, and they probibly didn't need soaking, but I soaked them a half an hour. If you use hard raisins then you are going to need to soak yours until they're soft.
Step6
Peel Apples
I used a regular potato peeler to peel the apples. I'm not that good with a paring knife.
Step7
Core and Slice Apples
I really like using a Apple Slice to core and slice apples. It makes the job easy. Split the apples up it to two piles, half to be used as the basic raw sauce and half is chopped up and folded into the sauce after it has been blended.
Step8
Chop Half of the Cored and Sliced Apples
Take half of the cored and sliced apples and chop them into smaller pieces. The size of the chopped pieces is up to you. I like smaller pieces.
Step9
Time to Make The Apple Sauce.
Okay, we now have everything we need to make the raw cranberry sauce. On the left side of the food processor are the chopped apples and the soaked raisin that we will be fold in the raw apple sauce. On the right are the cranberries and sliced apples we are making the basic apple sauce out of.
Step10
Cranberries and Apple Slices
Put the cranberries and apple slices into the food processor...
Step11
Blend Cranberries and Apple Slices
Blend cranberries and apple slices until the mix is smooth, if it is too thick for you, you can add some of the raisin soak water, a little at a time. If it is too thin, you can try adding another part of an apple.
NOTE: If you want the cranberry mix even smoother, put the mix into a blender or Vita-Mix.
Step12
Close Up of Blended Mix of Cranberries and Apples
Here is a close up of the blended mix of cranberries and apples that I decided was ready to use.
Step13
Pour Cranberry Mix into a Mixing Bowl
Pour cranberry mix into a mixing bowl, so that you can fold in the raisins and chopped apples into the cranberry mix.
NOTE: This cranberry mix is tart, when you first make it, but after it sits in the refrigerator for a few hours it seems to mellow out as far as tartness. So, it might be a good idea for you to wait a while before you think of adding your favorite sweetener.
Step14
Fold Raisins into Cranberry Mix
Put The raisins into the mixing bowl and throughly mix the raisins with the cranberry sauce.
Step15
Fold Chopped Apples into Cranberry Mix
Put The chopped apples into the mixing bowl and throughly mix the apples with the cranberry sauce.
Step16
The Finished Cranberry Sauce
Our canberry sauce is now completed. We are ready now to place it on the table or store it for later use.
Step17
Store Cranberry Sauce in Mason Jar
I am beginning more and more to store in glass containers. I believe if you store this canberry sauce in a plastic container that it would stain the container. If it can stain a container, what can also be leeched out of the plastic in to the cranberry sauce. I think it is safer to use glass.
Step18
Ready to Garnish and place on table.
The cranberry sauce is now ready to garnish and place on the table.
NOTE: If you had the cranberry sauce stored in the refrigerator and you feel it is too thick, just add a little water.
Comments
luv2blog said
on 7/4/2008 That's great, Dale!