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Home » Recipes » Dinner » Sauce + Seasoning + Condiments » Cranberry-Ginger Relish

Nov 12, 2015(updated September 11, 2025)

Cranberry-Ginger Relish

4.58 from 7 votes
By Dani Spies
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Watch the step-by-step video HERE.

After sharing my Cranberry 101, I wanted to be sure that you had plenty of ideas for using your fresh cranberries!

Cranberry relish is a bright, clean, alternative to cranberry sauce.  It’s 100% raw, so it super quick and easy to make.  Simply chop some cranberries, apples, oranges and ginger in your food processor and finish with some honey to sweeten it up and it’s ready to go.

This recipe is free of any refined sugars and tends to be more tart than sweet.  If you like a sweeter relish, simply add in some extra honey until you have it exactly how you love it.

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4.58 from 7 votes

Cranberry Ginger Relish

Course: DIET, DINNER, sauce + seasoning + condiments
Cuisine: American, gluten free, Thanksgiving, vegetarian
Author: Dani Spies
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Calories:

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups cranberries
  • 1 navel orange preferably organic
  • 1 green apple
  • 1 tbsp. fresh grated ginger
  • 1/4 cup honey

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into a food processor and blend until chopped and well incorporated.
  • Note: If you have small processor, you can chop up each ingredient separately, add to a large bowl and then add in the honey and ginger and stir until well combined.

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  1. Chika says

    November 16, 2015 at 1:48 am

    5 stars
    Too bad cranberries don’t grow here.. 

    Reply
  2. Annette PARLATO says

    November 28, 2015 at 12:22 am

    5 stars
    Cranberries don’t grow here.Could I substitute with strawberries and change the orange to a lemon ?

    Reply
    • Dani says

      November 29, 2015 at 12:16 pm

      I’d be curious to hear if this works for you…. my only concern is that strawberries are a lot juicer then cranberries so it may be very wet.

      Reply
  3. Charlie says

    November 29, 2015 at 12:01 am

    5 stars
    This cranberry relish was really easy and worked well for out Thanksgiving dinner!

    Reply
    • Dani says

      November 29, 2015 at 12:15 pm

      Yay! so glad to hear it:)

      Reply
  4. Mary Lee says

    May 23, 2017 at 3:34 am

    5 stars
    Can fresh frozen cranberries be used? Thanks for the help.

    Reply
    • Dani says

      May 31, 2017 at 11:50 am

      Frozen cranberries can definitely be substituted for fresh ones in this recipe without any major changes in taste or nutrition!

      Reply
  5. Liz Harvey says

    December 13, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    5 stars
    I thought I lost this recipe! It is one of my favorites this time of year. It is so refreshing I make a ton of it to eat with everything. I also add walnuts for more of a crunch.

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    • Dani Spies says

      December 18, 2023 at 4:17 pm

      Hi Liz! I’m so glad you like this recipe. The addition of walnuts is a great idea – I can see how that would add a delicious crunchy texture.

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      • Liz says

        December 20, 2023 at 8:49 pm

        5 stars
        Do you peel the orange? And the apple, do I core it? I can’t remember. Arrrg!

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