Holiday Cranberry Cobbler Tart Recipes

TROPICAL CRANBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• In a greased 6-qt. oval slow cooker, layer cranberries, pineapple and 3/4 cup coconut. In a bowl, mix marmalade, brown sugar and melted butter; spoon evenly over fruit., In a large bowl, combine first 7 topping ingredients; beat on low speed 1 minute. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Pour over filling., Cook, covered, on low until top springs back when lightly touched, about 4 hours. Turn off slow cooker. Remove insert; let stand 15 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with whipped cream. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.

CRANBERRY WLANUT COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch pie pan.
• Add cranberries, walnuts and 1/2 cup sugar to the pie pan and stir to mix evenly.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, melted butter, and almond extract.
• Add flour, cinnamon, and salt and stir just until blended. Pour mixture on top of cranberries.
• Bake 40 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Combine pie filling and cranberry sauce. Spread in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, cinnamon and nutmeg; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in nuts; sprinkle over fruit. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

CHERRY AND CRANBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Combine the flour, polenta, powdered sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and stir together with a rubber spatula. Pour in the butter and stir until combined. Add three-quarters of the dough to the bottom of the prepared pan and press evenly into the bottom and 1/2-inch up the sides of the pan. Reserve the remainder of the dough for the top. Bake the crust just to set, 12 to 15 minutes.
• For the filling: Combine the cherries, cranberries, muscovado sugar, flour, orange zest and salt in a medium bowl, and stir to combine and coat evenly. Pour the filling into the crust and spread evenly, pressing gently to nestle into the crust. Drop dollops of the remaining dough randomly over the top of the cobbler. Bake until the filling is bubbly and crust and topping are golden brown, about 45 minutes. Allow to cool completely in the pan before releasing the sides and slicing into wedges. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if desired.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY-HAZELNUT TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Arrange tart shells on the prepared cookie sheets.
• Chop hazelnuts and cranberries into small pieces by hand or in a food processor.
• Melt butter in a heat-proof bowl set in a pan of water heated to just below simmering. Remove the bowl from the heat, add brown sugar, salt, and cloves, and stir until sugar is absorbed. Beat in eggs. Stir in corn syrup, molasses, and vanilla extract.
• Return bowl to the heat and stir constantly until mixture measures 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Immediately remove from the heat and stir in hazelnuts and cranberries. Use a tablespoon to scoop the warm mixture into tart shells.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set, about 25 minutes.

CRANBERRY-CHOCOLATE TART

Steps:

• For cranberry topping:
• Pour 1/4 cup cranberry juice into small bowl; sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand until softened, 15 minutes. Combine 1/4 cup cranberry juice, cranberries, and next 5 ingredients in medium saucepan; bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until cranberries are tender but still plump, 5 minutes. Strain into bowl; set cranberries aside. Add gelatin mixture to hot juice in bowl; stir until gelatin dissolves. Stir cranberries back into juice. Chill until cranberry mixture is cold and slightly thickened, at least 8 hours or overnight. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.
• Stir chopped crystallized ginger into cranberry mixture.
• For crust:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Combine chocolate wafer cookie crumbs, sugar, and salt in medium bowl; add 5 tablespoons melted butter and stir until crumbs feel moist when pressed together with fingertips, adding remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter if mixture is dry. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Bake chocolate crust until beginning to set and slightly crisp, pressing with spoon if crust puffs during baking, about 14 minutes. Transfer tart pan to rack and cool crust completely before filling.
• For mascarpone filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat all ingredients except ginger in medium bowl just until thick enough to spread (do not overbeat or mixture may curdle). Spread filling in cooled crust. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
• Spoon cranberry mixture evenly over mascarpone filling. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 6 hours. Garnish with crystallized ginger strips, if desired. Cut tart into wedges and serve cold.
• *An Italian cream cheese; sold at many supermarkets and at Italian markets.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the cranberries, pineapple (with juice) and sugar. Let stand for about an hour, to let sugar dissolve, and then pour the mixture into a strainer over a bowl. Let drain, covered, in the refrigerator for at least two hours, or overnight. (Note: The drippings make a wonderful cranberry punch, when mixed with lemon-lime soda!)
• Before serving, whip the cream until soft peaks form. (You can sweeten the whipped cream with a little sugar, if desired.) In a large bowl, mix together the cranberry mixture, walnuts and marshmallows. Fold in the whipped cream and store in refrigerator until serving.

CRANBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Coat a 9" deep-dish pie plate with nonstick cooking spray then spread cranberries over the bottom. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup sugar and the walnuts; stir with a spoon until evenly combined then flatten mixture with the spoon.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until fluffy. Gradually add remaining 3/4 cup sugar then gradually add in the flour, mixing well. Slowly beat in butter until thoroughly combined and smooth then spread batter over cranberries.
• Bake 55 minutes, or until entire crust is brown. Serve hot or cold.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan combine the vinegar, sugar, curry, ginger, cloves, allspice, cinnamon and water. Bring the liquid to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Add the lemon rind and lemon sections, the orange rind and orange sections and the apple, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add 3 cups of the cranberries, the raisins and the apricots and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 35 minutes. Add another 2 cups of the cranberries and simmer for 10 more minutes. Add the remaining cup of cranberries and the pecans and simmer the mixture for 15 minutes longer.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat, pour the chutney into a bowl and let cool. Chill overnight or up to 2 weeks.

CRANBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Stir together cranberries and 2 tablespoons sugar. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining 3/4 cup sugar. In a small bowl, whisk together milk and egg, then whisk in butter. Whisk milk mixture into flour mixture until combined.
• Pour batter into skillet and scatter cranberries on top. Bake until center springs back when lightly touched, 25 to 30 minutes.