How will you sweeten it? Cranberries are extremely sour without some sweetening.
When I’ve made my own, I’ve used Tasha Tudor’s recipe; I posted here a couple of years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3354432/posts
Stevia.
These are my 2 of my family’s Thanksgiving tradition since I was a kidlet.
Cranberry Pineapple Jello Mold
1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
2 pkg. (3 oz. each) Raspberry jello (Black raspbery if you can find it
1 can (16 oz.) jellied cranberry sauce
Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add enough cold water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 3 cups; pour into saucepan. Bring to boil. Add to dry gelatin mixes in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cranberry sauce.
Refrigerate 1-1/2 hours or until slightly thickened. Pour into a 6 cup mold. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with mayo (Dukes, of coarse!)
Wild Rice Casserole
2 pkg. of Uncle Ben’s Long Grain Wild Rice Original Recipe. Cook as directed. Saute 1 or 2 pts of mushroom in 1 stick of butter. Mix with rice. Add I TBL lemon juice, 1 1/2 TBL Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 pt. cream. Bake 350 for 20 min.
My Grandma was a great cook (homemade noodles and phyllo dough) but my Mom horrible and doesn’t care!! So maybe 10 years ago my brothers cornered me and asked me to bring the sides (Well they ordered me. They were desperate!)
So every year, I pack the car with 2 coolers of sides and deserts and drive 10 hours to the N.C. mountains. My mom would do the turkey.
About 5 years ago Mom called and said she didn’t want to cook the turkey. “Stop at KFC on your way down.” LOL! So now me and Colonel Sanders cook our Thanksgiving.
Cranberry sauce and Thanksgiving.
Tired of cranberry sauce in the shape of a can, one Thanksgiving I persuaded my mum to let me make a CRANBERRY/ORANGE RELISH. It was so good - chopped fresh cranberries, oranges and pecans. In all these years since, the original recipe was lost, but this certainly sounds like what was made even though it doesn’t mention chopped pecans.
http://www.oceanspray.com/Recipes/Corporate/Sauces,-Sides-Salads/Fresh-Cranberry-Orange-Relish.aspx