I made this for a Christmas event but didn't care for the strawberries in it and the texture of the cranberry skins was unpleasant. I had made another red gelatin salad which was similar but much better: Water reduced to 1 3/4 cup raspberry gelatin instead of strawberry an 8 oz. can of crushed pineapple with juice instead of frozen strawberries jellied cranberry sauce instead of whole same amount of chopped pecans and add 3/4 cup orange juice and 1 T. lemon juice.
Okay this salad tastes AMAZING but I had some serious issues with the appearance...first of all I chilled the mold for 6-8 hours as stated but when I turned the thing out onto a serving platter it was too liquid to keep the pretty shape from the mold. The only change I made was to use the jellied cranberry sauce instead of whole berry. The topping was very tasty but I found it to be lumpy...I would suggest beating the cream cheese with the sugar and lemon juice until fluffy and then folding in the sour cream I will do this next time I make this and I will also put the jello part in a bowl instead of a mold.
In my family there has been a jellied cranberry salad with walnuts and dates for years but this Thanksgiving I decided to try this and we all enjoyed it I liked the strawberries in it. I made half with and half without nuts (the children).
Loved this recipe and will make every Thanksgiving forever. We did some whole berry and some jellied and it was excellent!
This got rave reviews last year and I was just asked to bring it to Thanksgiving again however I did use jellied cranberry sauce raspberry jello and 8 oz crushed pineapple like a previous reviewer suggested. Thanks so much for the tip!!
I have one thing to say about this recipe DELICIOUS! It was a hit at our Thanksgiving table. I already have a request to bring to family Christmas party.
This was very good even better the secnd day. However mine didn't set as well as I would have liked so would probably decrease the water a little bit the next time to see.
Made for Thanksgiving everyone loved it and said it would replace the regular cranberries we usually have.
I LOVE this recipe and so does my family. Sometimes I even add a can of pineapple tidbits to it. DELICIOUS!!
