Cranberry Sauce with a Croatian twist

I love making the holidays extra special with my homemade cranberry sauce with a Croatian twist. The depth of flavour will have you adding this cranberry sauce to everything. This past summer while in Croatia I made sure to add Prošek to my list of things to bring back with me. Prošek is a sweet dessert wine that is traditionally from the southern area of Dalmatia, Croatia. It is made using dried wine grapes in the passito method. This method of winemaking is made from grapes that have been dried off the wine to concentrate the juices.

My cranberry sauce is the perfect accompaniment with turkey or lamb.

Ingredients

1/4 sugar or your sugar substitute I used coconut sugar

1/2 cup of Prošek

1 1/2 cups cranberries

1 orange (juice of orange)

Directions

1. Rinse and wash cranberries in a colander.

2. Place the sugar and Prošek in a medium saucepan on high heat and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar dissolves.

3. Add the orange juice

4. Add the cranberries and cook until they burst about 5 -8 minutes. Keep an eye on them so that it doesn’t overbuild or burn. Stirring often.

5. Take off heat and allow to cool (Note: the cranberry sauce will continue to thicken once cooled) If you find it a little thick add a splash of water and mix.

I love cranberry sauce with appetizers as well. Here I took some gluten-free crackers, added Boursin truffle cheese and topped with my cranberry sauce.

Gluten Free Holiday Roasted Radishes

If you’re looking for some gluten free options for your holiday I suggest giving these roasted radishes with ranch dressing a try. Loaded with delish flavor and so easy to make. They sorta, kinda look like potatoes, but don’t really taste the same. Radishes have their own flavor separate from ‘the potato”. Nevertheless, these healthy options are so worth the try especially with my homemade ranch dressing.

Ingredients

-2 lb of radishes washed, trimmed and cut in half

-1 tablespoon extra virgin oil

-1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoom pepper

1/4 dried oregano or dried parsley

Directions

-preheat oven to 425 F

-In a bowl combine the cut radishes, salt, pepper, olive oil, oregano or parsley. Combine well

-Spread radishes in a 8 X 8 baking dish

-Bake for 30 minutes until the radishes are soft

Once done add your homemade ranch dressing

Homemade Ranch Dressing

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise 

• 1/4 teaspoon salt (you may want to add more)

• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

• 2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill

• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

• 2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk

• fresh chopped chives

Instructions

1. Add mayo and rest of the ingredients in a mason jar.

2. whisk the ingredients together until combined

3. Serve with your salad, or place in mason jar with lid and store in fridge for up to one week. 

   Once the radishes are out of the oven- add to serving dish and drizzle with ranch dressing