Ingredients:
- 12 oz fresh, uncooked cranberries (sub strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries)
- 1/4 cup green onion
- 1-2 fresh jalapeño peppers
- 2 Tbsp. cilantro (optional)
- 3/4 to 1 Cup sugar (according to taste)
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 16 oz. cream cheese (whipped)
Directions:
- Use food processor to chop berries.
- Chop green onion, jalapeño peppers and cilantro. (remove jalapeño seeds if you don’t like spice)
- In a medium-sized bowl, add chopped berries, green onion, cilantro and jalapeños.
- Add sugar, lemon juice and salt on top of berry mixture and stir gently until blended.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator overnight.
- Take berry mixture out of the refrigerator and stir all ingredients together. Strain out all liquid using a colander with small holes.
- Whip softened cream cheese with hand mixer until smooth (about 2 minutes) and spread cream cheese over bottom of a pie plate or 9×9 dish.
- Pour cranberry mixture atop cream cheese and keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Serve with crackers of your choice.
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