Cranberry Waldorf Salad
By Yankee Magazine|Mar 24 2003|
This colorful salad could become a new Thanksgiving tradition, but don’t save it for once a year — it’s a great complement to roast pork, too. For a delicious fruit salad, omit the mayonnaise.
Yield
8 servings
Ingredients
12-ounce package fresh cranberries
2 cups sugar
4 medium tart green apples
1/3 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup purple seedless grapes, halved
1/2 cup chopped walnut pieces
1/3 cup mayonnaise (optional)
Instructions
Wash and pick over the cranberries. Drain well. Coarsely chop cranberries in food mill or processor. Stir sugar into berries, cover, and chill for 4 hours. Place cranberries in sieve and allow to drain well (this takes 1 to 2 hours). When cranberries are drained, core and chop apples, but do not peel. Combine apples, celery, grapes, walnuts, and mayonnaise. Gently fold in cranberries.
My family really enjoyed it.
It was very tasty. The small amount of mayonnaise gave it just enough background without drowning the flavors of the ingredients.
This is an old Thankgiving favorite. This recipe is what I remember most about my childhood Thanksgiving when my grandma was still with us. I remember it because I would watch her make it and eat the leftover grapes and apples the night before.
I loved this salad. The cranberries add a special flavor to a standerd recipe. I also added 1/4 cup of orange juice to the cranberry and sugar mixture, then let it drain in the colander. The flavor was really good.
Prepared this salad on Thanksgiving Day with our turkey. The whole family loved it. What a great change from the traditional cranberry jelly.
A new way to make Waldorf salad. Yummy!
I have now made this salad 3 times. It is the greatest Waldorf ever. I do add the mayo. LOVE IT and so does my wife.
I loved this salad !! I made it to see if I would want to make it for Thanksgiving. I will make it for sure. I didn’t have tart apples, I used red delicious. I don’t see how it could be any better, but will try the tart later. I added a few more walnuts and grapes also. Yummy.