Homemade Dressing
Ingredients
Homemade Dressing
Cranberry or Currant Relish
  • 1cup water3/4 cup; 1/4 orange liqueur
  • 1/4tsp orange zestuntreated grated orange rind
Instructions
Homemade Dressing
  1. Brown onion, bell pepper, and celery in butter. Add broth, spices and chopped apple.
  2. Add bread cubes. Blend until liquid is absorbed. Add more bread if it seems a little mushy or more broth if it seems a little too dry.
  3. Place in buttered casserole dish. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes until crusty.
Cranberry or Currant Relish
  1. Rinse berries. In a saucepan, mix sugar and water. Bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes.
  2. Add berries, return to a boil. Turn down heat and boil gently until skins begin to pop (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and add orange zest. Refrigerate.
Recipe Notes

Cranberries are not as common here as in the US (in fact they import Ocean Spray cranberries around here) so instead of spending a fortune for them, we use frozen red currants from the bush in our garden. The taste is the same and we always have them on hand.