Spicy Red Pepper Cranberry Relish Recipe (2024)

Add 1/2 blood orange including rind, minced.

Try a Serrano but less than this recipe calls for. More heat than a jalapeño but not as much as a habanero. Use not more than one

I have to make this and traditional since the family not crazy about the jalepenos. That's okay. More for me.. This is the best thing on the table at thanksgiving.

I just made this relish with fresh peppers from the market and frozen cranberries. This relish is delicious!!! Next time I will try to make the relish with half sugar and half sucralose in order to reduce the amount of sugar.

Heavenly.
Doubled the recipe. Had only 3 fresh jalapeños so added seeds from one. Replaced water w/apple cider, so cut sugar (1 cup for doubled recipe). Before juicing lemons, used fancy grater to make long skinny strips of peel and added those while it cooled. If my 17 and 13 daughters dont stop "helping" me by tasting it, we won't have any left for Thanksgiving!

I cut the sugar to 2/3 cup and used about 9 oz of fresh cranberries. Used orange instead of lemon juice, two jalapeños and doubled the cayenne. It took about 30 minutes to cook. Was a hit will make again.

made this, with a splash of Pepper vinegar, diced mangos, raisins and onions. Superb!

Made this for the first time so I actually followed the recipe
Excellent. Am sure it will be a hit on thanksgiving!

My modifications:
Whole bag of cranberries-12 oz
2/3 cup sugar
orange peel
1/2 of a jalapeño (or whatever hot pepper is available) & a bit more at the end depending on who is eating it!
Delicious!!

The best cranberry relish I've ever had. Got rave reviews from everyone

Agree with the suggestion to make this in advance to give the flavors a chance to mellow and mingle. Used about 3/4 of a very large Serrano chili and a scant 1/4 tsp of cayenne. Also substituted fresh orange juice for some of the water because I had leftovers from another dish. My caveat - it takes longer than 15 minutes for the cranberries to break down, even if you like it chunky, so I added another 1/3 cup of water or so towards the end and the consistency is perfect.

This is fantastic. I did take the advice of adding 1/2 a blood orange, minced very fine. I used Fresno peppers which are pretty close to red jalapenos. I cooked the sugar, pepper, and orange peel for about 5 full minutes before adding the cranberries and ginger which made the orange rind tender.I have to make it again for Thanksgiving because the family ate half of it right out of the pot!

Must share cranberry side-- 12 oz cranberries, zest and juice of a large orange + water to make 1 cup of liquid total, 2 Thai bird red peppers. Cook. Add 1/4 cup of chopped pecans. MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm. Oh, and I make traditional French Canadian tourtiere. Of couse!

My favorite cranberry relish to date. Definitely recommend making it the day before you eat it to let the flavors mellow. For me, it was really spicy right after making it, but the next day was perfect. I did not include the seeds, and for me it was the right amount of kick.

I have a tried-and-true cranberry sauce that I make year after year. I decided to switch things up this year. Heat has been missing from my holiday spread, but it’s here to stay now. I was worried the jalapeño and cayenne would be too much, but it mellowed a bit as it cooled. The ginger adds a wonderful seasonal spiciness, too.

I used one jalapeno, which gave plenty good heat

I cut the sugar to 3/4 Cup, doubled ginger and kept seeds in jalapenos. Best cranberry suace ever!

This is one of those magical recipes that is so much more than the ingredients suggest. Two versions will be required for the whole family:One with a half jalapeño for the pepper-averseAnother as written.

I’ve made this for years, with the jalapeños, but I decided this year to turn it down a notch. So I made it without the jalapeños, and doubling the cayenne to 1/2 tsp— and it’s wonderful. Still has a nice kick, but not too much of one.

This was wonderful. Tangy and slightly spicy. I didn’t have jalapeños so I made without those but it was perfect. Everyone at the table said it was the best cranberry sauce they’d ever had. I did use fresh organic cranberries from Trader Joe’s. I also used ginger from a tube rather than fresh grated. It tasted great even not using fresh and no jalapeño.

Cut back on sugar, half jalpeno

This is also good with roast chicken.

This was great! This will be our go-to recipe for cranberry relish from now on. I did put in more ginger than the recipe called for (I used what I had broken off), so I will do that next time also.

Just great, everybody raved. Could add more heat if you are so inclined. The heat/sweet combo is perfect for turkey.