Name: Spiced Cranberry Apple Relish
Yield: Makes 1¼ quarts
Ingredients: 8 oranges; 1 pound fresh cranberries; 2 large apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced (about 3 cups); 1½ cups sugar; Finely grated peel of 1 lemon; Finely grated peel of 1 orange; Fresh juice of 1 orange plus enough water to yield 1 cup; 1 2" cinnamon stick

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Even though we eliminated about a cup of sugar from the relish, we stayed true to everything else. Yes, even those jagged orange edges.Alex Lau

This recipe, part of our Throwback Thanksgiving feature, is from our 1970 issue. Granny Smith apples have lots of pectin, which makes them ideal for this sauce; it will set up without adding any gelatin to the mixture.

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