Hey all you aspiring chefs out there! Our annual Wisconsin Cranberry Recipe Contest deadline is creeping up very quickly. Deadline for entries is this Friday, April 30. Enter your favorite original fresh or processed cranberry recipe and see if you can be a winner! Entry information is available here.If you need some inspiration, here is one of our winning recipes from last year, Cranberry Fruit Pizza.
Cranberry Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
16.5 ounces refrigerated sugar cookie dough
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
16 ounces whole cranberry sauce
14 slices frozen peaches
1 sweet or tart crisp apple
12 ounces frozen mixed berries
1/2 cup cherry flavored sweetened dried cranberries
1/4 cup orange marmalade
1/8 to 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/8 to 1/4 cup finely ground walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll or pat the cookie dough into an 11-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool. Sprinkle frozen peaches with lemon juice, thaw and pat dry. Defrost frozen berries and drain. Defrose frozen berries and drain. Set defrosted fruit aside. Remove cookie crust from pan and place on serving platter. Mix cream cheese and vanilla extract together. Spread the cheese mixture evenly over the cooled crust. Spread the cranberry sauce over the cream cheese.
Arrange peach slices end to end around the outer edge of the crust. Slice the cored apple into 1/8-inch thick slices and lay them end to end inside the peach outer circle. Evenly place the drained berries as the next ring. Place another ring of apples after the berries. Evenly distribute sweetened dried cranberries as the center of the pizza. Warm the orange marmalade and evenly brush it over the entire surface of fruit. Finally, evenly sprinkle the entire pizza with the coconut and walnuts.
Makes 8-10 servings.
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