Cranberry Angel Parfaits Recipes

CRANBERRY PARFAIT

Steps:

• Chill a large metal bowl in the refrigerator or freezer, about 15 minutes.
• Mix whole berry cranberry sauce and jellied cranberry sauce together in a bowl.
• Place graham crackers in a large resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin into crumbs.
• Pour heavy cream into the chilled bowl and whip with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Add sugar and vanilla extract; whip until medium peaks form, about 2 minutes more.
• Place half of the graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of a trifle bowl. Top with half of the cranberry mixture and whipped cream. Repeat layers, ending with whipped cream. Chill until set, at least 3 hours.

INDIVIDUAL CRANBERRY TRIFLES

Steps:

• Prepare, bake and cool angel food cake according to package directions. Cut into 1-in. cubes; set aside. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, sour cream and vanilla; beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. In a bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, sugar and orange zest. , In individual parfait glasses or a 3-qt. trifle bowl, layer half of the cake cubes, cranberry mixture and whipped topping mixture. Repeat layers. Refrigerate until serving. Garnish with cranberries and mint if desired.

CRANBERRY ORANGE PARFAIT

Steps:

• Add the yogurt to a coffee filter or doubled paper towels lined in a fine sieve. Let drain over a bowl for at least 1 hour or up to overnight in the refrigerator. Discard the accumulated liquid on the bottom of the bowl. Add the drained yogurt to the bowl and stir in the marmalade. In a separate bowl, whip the cream with a beater until it begins to thicken. Add the vanilla and sugar and continue to whip until soft peaks just begin to form. Add the cranberry sauce to a medium bowl. Stir half of the cream into the cranberry sauce along with the orange juice and orange zest and mix gently. Add the other half of the cream to the bowl with the yogurt mixture. Layer the yogurt and the cranberry mixtures in 4 parfait glasses or wine glasses, and top with a sprinkle of chopped pecans. Chill before serving.

CRANBERRY PARFAITS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the sugar and cook until bubbling, about 1 minute. Add the graham cracker crumbs; stir until the color deepens, about 3 minutes. Turn out onto a plate to cool.
• Combine the condensed milk and cranberry sauce in a mixing bowl, blend together with a hand mixer until the mixture thickens. Place the whipping cream in a separate bowl and beat with an electric mixer until firm peaks form; fold into the cranberry mixture.
• Layer 1/4 cup of the cranberry mixture into each of six (8 ounce) wine goblets or glasses; top each with 1 tablespoon of the crumbs. Repeat layering. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, up to 4 hours.

ORANGE CRANBERRY PARFAITS

Steps:

• Heat cranberry sauce, orange liqueur and orange peel in a medium saucepan over medium heat until cranberry sauce is melted; cool. Spoon one-third of the ice cream into eight parfait or dessert glasses to make first layer.
• Add orange segments, dividing equally. Add another ice cream layer, using one-third of the ice cream; then spoon on cranberry sauce, dividing equally. Finish with a layer of the remaining ice cream. Freeze up to 30 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with walnuts.

CRANBERRY VANILLA YOGURT PARFAIT

Steps:

• Spoon half of the yogurt into small parfait glass. Top with cranberry sauce and most of the granola. Top with remaining yogurt, followed by remaining grnola, dried cranberries and sliced almonds. Serve immediately.

CRANBERRY ANGEL PARFAITS

Steps:

• Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth and put atop a clean bowl. Add yogurt and cover with corners of cheesecloth. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Combine cranberries, sugar and the 1/2 cup water in a large saucepan; cook over med heat 15 minutes until berries pop. Set aside 1/3 cup berries to use as garnish later on and refrigerate. Mash and strain remaining cranberry mixture, discarding pulp. Stir in spices and set aside.
• Remove yogurt from cheesecloth and throw away the liquid which has collected in the bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over the 2 tbsp water in a small saucepan. and let stand for 1 minute. Cook over low heat, (if mixture boils, gelatin will not set properly) stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in the cream, cranberry pureé and yogurt.
• Assembling the parfaits:
• Put 2 tbsp gelatin mixture in each of the parfait glasses and top each with 1/4 cup cake cubes. Repeat these two layers and top with remaining gelatin mixture. You should have gelatin-cake-gelatin-cake-gelatin. Cover. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, Garnish with whipped topping and reserved berries just before serving.