Thursday, December 12, 2024

Festive Appetizer Spread -- a versatile recipe

 


Some time ago I winnowed out the hundreds of scribbled down or clipped out recipes I had stashed here and there in my kitchen and cookbooks.  I found places to file them, sorted some to sell on Etsy, and ended up with a large envelope of them that I didn't quite know what to do with.  I couldn't seem to make up my mind whether to keep them or throw them away.  That's the envelope, above.

While planning for Christmas in July on my Christmas blog, I decided to pull out a recipe from this envelope, planning that I would pick the first one I came to that sounded the least bit Christmasy!  Living dangerously.   And I did end up with one that sounded really good: Cranberry Cream Pie

I decided then and there that I'd be doing the same thing during December Daily, on both blogs.  So recently I plucked another recipe from the envelope, and out came Festive Appetizer Spread.  This looks so good!

 Essentially, this is a homemade whole cranberry sauce made with fresh cranberries, apricot preserves, and almonds.  

After cooling, the sauce is then spooned atop a block of cream cheese and served with crackers.  

 
The sauce is so versatile because it may also be served as an accompaniment to pork or poultry.  One could get a lot of mileage out of this recipe over the holiday season, using it as part of a festive appetizer buffet or as an accompaniment to a pork roast, chicken, or turkey.  

I'm definitely going to be trying this recipe.  How about you?

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