Hot Pineapple Cranberry Sip Recipes

Steps:

• Cut pineapple in half vertically, leaving the top attached. Remove fruit from 1 half, leaving a 3/4-in. shell. Remove fruit and discard outer peel from remaining half; cut pineapple into bite-sized pieces. Set aside., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, chutney, curry and mustard until smooth. Spoon into pineapple shell and top with almonds. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 4 hours (remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving). Serve with cut pineapple and, if desired, crackers.

Steps:

• Drain juice from canned pineapple into a measuring cup. Fill the measuring cup with enough water to equal 1 cup liquid altogether.
• Stir pineapple juice mixture and sugar together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add cranberries and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until cranberries burst, about 10 minutes.
• Mix pineapple chunks into cranberry mixture. Cool to room temperature before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine cranberries with sugar in a 2 quart baking dish with a lid, stirring well to coat all the berries. Bake in the preheated oven, covered, for about 30 minutes, until the cranberries pop and release their liquid.
• Remove from oven and stir in the apricot jam and pecans. Refrigerate overnight to blend the flavors. To serve, allow the cream cheese to come to room temperature, and pour dip over the block of cream cheese on a serving dish. Serve with buttery round crackers or small pretzels.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, honey and cinnamon until smooth. Spread into a shallow bowl or 9-in. pie plate. Top with cranberry sauce. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, sprinkle with almonds. Serve with crackers.

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, cranberry juice, honey and cloves in a large saucepan.
• Heat to boiling for one minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Sprinkle with grated lime peel, if desired.
• Serve in mugs.