Cranberry Salsa with Cream Cheese Recipe

This fantastic Cranberry Salsa Dip recipe was shared with me by Carol Reich of Hillsboro, Oregon.  Carol won a Dip Contest on the Satellite Sisters Radio Show with this outstanding and also beautiful-to-look-at recipe.  This makes a great holiday (Thanksgiving and Christmas) appetizer.

Carol says, “Hillsboro Public Library volunteer, Judy Gutzka, brought this dip to the library to share.  I thought it was terrific and asked for the recipe.  Several weeks later, when the Satellite Sisters asked for dip recipes, I sent it in.  Imagine my astonishment when I won their contest and gained the proud title “Big Dipper.”

Please check out my Thanksgiving Turkey dinner menu and Christmas Prime Rib Dinner which includes this award-winning Cranberry Salsa Dip with Cream Cheese.

 

Cranberry Salsa

 

Cranberry Salsa Dip with Cream Cheese Recipe:
Prep Time
20 mins
Chilling Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 20 mins
 
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Fusion
Keyword: Cranberry Salsa Dip with Cream Cheese Recipe
Servings: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Rinse, drain, and pick over cranberries, (discarding all that are soft or bruised).

  2. Place the cranberries in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped but not mushy.

  3. Place chopped cranberries in a bowl; mix together with onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar, cilantro leaves, ginger, and lemon juice.

  4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours so flavors develop (salsa will be too sharp and tart to begin with).

  5. On a serving plate, place cream cheese; cover with the dip.  Garnish, if desired, and served with crackers.

  6. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

Comments and Reviews

3 Responses to “Cranberry Salsa with Cream Cheese Recipe”

  1. Martha Summers

    Thank you SO much for this recipe! I’ve been making it for 4 years now is it’s always a hit!!! People are completely in awe of all the yumminess this salsa has to offer. I always share your site! No substitutions, perfect just the way it is!

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  2. Jeannette

    What would leaving the sugar out do to the recipe? Or substituting honey? Sadly I can no longer have processed sugar. 🙁

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    • Whats Cooking America

      Cranberries are very tart without a sweetener. You could try experiementing with honey or agave syrup as a substitution.

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