Leanne's Cranberry Mold

Leanne's Cranberry Mold

from Ellen's kitchen, with thanks to Leanne

Ingredients:

• 1 lb cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 oranges
• 1 14 oz cranberry sauce
• 1 large package dry strawberry Jello
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 sticks of celery, chopped
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Make cranberry relish:

• Put:
•  cranberries and sugar in food processor and roughly chop.  Add 2 peeled, sectioned oranges, and pulse a few more times.  Set 1 cup of this mixture aside.
• Heat:
• cranberry sauce and Jello on cook top.  Whisk until combined and bring to boil.  Remove from heat and add remaining relish.  Add orange juice and water.
• Pour:
• mixture into greased mold (bundt pan works well, or large glass bowl).  Distribute lumps of set-aside relish on top.
• Place:
•  mold in fridge and let set over night.
• Mix:
• cream cheese and sour cream (quantities are a personal choice...I minimize the sour cream), and spread on top of Jello mixture.  Sprinkle with chopped celery and walnuts.
• If:
• presentation of free standing salad mold is important, flip mold over onto large platter and place quite warm (with hot water) towel on mold to get salad to slide out.