Cranberry Jalape go Cream Cheese Dip

Name: Cranberry Jalape go Cream Cheese Dip
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 ounce cranberries; 2 jalape gos; green onions; cilantro; 0.75 cup sugar; salt; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 12 ounce whipped cream cheese

Serves 1

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Cranberry Jalape go Cream Cheese Dip

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Serves 1

Directions

1Use a food chopper with a smaller grate to chop a 12-ounce bag of cranberries.
2Clean off the food chopper.
3Wearing gloves, deseed and cut two jalape gos in half (or one if they are bigger).
4Pop the jalape gos into the food chopper and chop them with the cranberries.
5Cut green onions and cilantro finely, as they do not chop well in the food chopper.
6Add the chopped green onions and cilantro to the cranberries and jalape gos in the food chopper container.
7Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl.
8Add 3/4 cup of sugar, a little salt, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the mixture.
9Stir to coat everything, trusting the process even if it looks weird.
10Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (or longer) for the raw cranberries to mellow out.
11After refrigeration, strain the liquid from the cranberry mixture into a separate cup; save the liquid for cocktails.
12Get a serving dish, preferably glass to show the layers.
13Scoop a 12-ounce tub of whipped cream cheese into the bottom of the dish.
14Spread the cream cheese out evenly in the bottom of the dish.
15Add the strained cranberry mixture on top of the cream cheese, spreading it out evenly and pressing it down into the cream cheese.
16Serve the dip with Ritz crackers.

Ingredients

12 ounce cranberries
2 jalape gos
green onions
cilantro
0.75 cup sugar
salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
12 ounce whipped cream cheese

Equipment

food chopperknifecutting boardbowlplastic wrapstrainermeasuring cupspatulaglass dish

Tips

Do not skip the step of letting the cranberry mixture sit in the fridge, as it changes the raw cranberries from bitter to good.

Cranberry Jalape go Cream Cheese Dip

Serves 1

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Cranberry Jalape go Cream Cheese Dip

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Serves 1

Directions

1Use a food chopper with a smaller grate to chop a 12-ounce bag of cranberries.
2Clean off the food chopper.
3Wearing gloves, deseed and cut two jalape gos in half (or one if they are bigger).
4Pop the jalape gos into the food chopper and chop them with the cranberries.
5Cut green onions and cilantro finely, as they do not chop well in the food chopper.
6Add the chopped green onions and cilantro to the cranberries and jalape gos in the food chopper container.
7Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl.
8Add 3/4 cup of sugar, a little salt, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the mixture.
9Stir to coat everything, trusting the process even if it looks weird.
10Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (or longer) for the raw cranberries to mellow out.
11After refrigeration, strain the liquid from the cranberry mixture into a separate cup; save the liquid for cocktails.
12Get a serving dish, preferably glass to show the layers.
13Scoop a 12-ounce tub of whipped cream cheese into the bottom of the dish.
14Spread the cream cheese out evenly in the bottom of the dish.
15Add the strained cranberry mixture on top of the cream cheese, spreading it out evenly and pressing it down into the cream cheese.
16Serve the dip with Ritz crackers.