New England style cranberry relish is a vibrant and chunky condiment that balances sweet flavors and tart flavors.
The New England style cranberry relish contains cranberries, zesty orange peels and juice and sugar as well as often warm spices like cinnamon and cloves.
The ingredients including the cranberries for New England style cranberry relish is often pulsed in a food processor for fresh and uncooked texture, unlike the smoother, cooked sauces, which make it a versatile side for meats or even use as a sandwich spread.
The New England style cranberry relish is made using uncooked cranberries, that are pulsed until the cranberries are chopped but still textured.
And a prominent feature of New England style cranberry relish is the fresh orange, which includes the tangy peel.
The sweet and tart balance of the New England style cranberry relish is also achieved by combining tart cherries with sugar and sometimes maple syrup and orange juice.
New England style cranberry relish also often includes cloves, cinnamon or other spices for warmth and the texture of New England cranberry sauce is chunky and not smooth like cooked sauce, which makes it great for spreading.
The difference between cranberry sauce and cranberry relish is cranberry relish is often raw and made by blending fresh cranberries, often with sugar in a food processor for a brighter and tarter and chunkier taste.
And cranberry sauce is cooked, which results in a smoother and sweeter, jam like consistency.
Cranberry sauce also flavors meld during cooking.
And cranberry relish offers a fresh and vibrant burst of flavor that cuts through the rich dishes.
To make cranberry relish, the fresh cranberries, often with oranges, with peel and all and sweetener, are pulsed in a food processor.
The texture of the cranberry relish is chunky, fresh and vibrant and the flavor of cranberry relish is bright, tart, citrusy and refreshing.
Cranberry sauce is made by simmering cranberries, sugar and water or juice until the cranberries burst and the mixture gets thicker.
The texture of cranberry sauce is smooth, gelatinous or even jam like, especially for canned cranberry sauce.
The flavor of cranberry sauce is sweet, cooked down and blended flavors.
Basically cranberry sauce is cooked sauce that is softer and sweeter.
And cranberry relish is raw and is brighter, tarter and chunkier.
Common mistakes when making cranberry sauce are overcooking the cranberry sauce, which results in bitterness or gloopy texture, undercooking the cranberry sauce, which makes the cranberry sauce too runny, adding too much liquid and using too little sugar, which affects the thickening of the cranberry sauce.
Other common mistakes when making cranberry sauce are not allowing the cranberry sauce to cool properly, as the pectin requires time to gel and thicken the cranberry sauce naturally as it cools down.
Cooking the cranberry sauce too long can turn the cranberries bitter or even create a rubbery paste, like texture, so stop cooking the cranberry sauce when most of the cranberries pop and the cranberry sauce thickens.
Not cooking the cranberry sauce long enough prevents the release of pectin, which results in runny sauce, so ensure that the cranberry sauce boils to activate the thickener.
Cranberry sauce is a tart, sweet condiment that is made from cranberries and is also commonly used at Thanksgiving as cranberry sauce complements the rich flavor of turkey, stuffing and other savory dishes perfectly.
Cranberry sauce is often served from a can, although cranberry sauce is also sometimes served homemade.