Christmas Club Sandwich

3 slices thin buttered toast, crusts removed
2 tablespoons cream cheese
1 tomato sliced
1 cucumber sliced
3 rashers bacon, crisply fried
large lettuce leaves, washed & dried
slices of chicken or turkey with stuffing or relish

Method: Start with 1 slice of toast, spread with half cream cheese & follow with tomato & cucumber slices. Add rasher of bacon & lettuce. Another piece of toast spread with cream cheese, then thin slices of turkey or chicken with stuffing. Top with tomato, cucumber & lettuce & last piece of toast. Accompany with cranberry sauce or pickles.

Source: American River C.W.A. Recipes for Christmas and Special Occasions (1998), p.100.

Cranberry and Apple Chutney

500 gm Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, chopped

2 cm piece root ginger, peeled, grated finely

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 small onion, chopped fine

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/2 cup cranberry juice

1/2 cup water

150 gms craisins/dried cranberries

Method: Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion and ginger. Cook 5-6 minutes stirring occasionally until onion is clear. Add apple, spice, cranberry juice and half the craisins/dried cranberries. Cook at medium heat, covered, 10-15 minutes until apple is soft. Add remaining craisins/dried cranberries. Cook covered for a further 5-10 minutes or until mixture thickens. Spoon into a clean jar and seal. Serve with roast pork, chicken or turkey, or in a ham, chicken or turkey sandwich.

Source: contributed by Rosalie Smith (Maitland) in An Apple a Day. Members Recipes. (Adelaide: The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc., 2018). p.79.

Cranberry Orange Cups

4 medium-sized oranges

1 small (8 0z.) can whole berry cranberry sauce

Method: Cut oranges in halves across segments, and scoop out flesh with a spoon. Remove pith from orange segments and discard, with pips. Place orange flesh in a basin, add contents of can of cranberry sauce; mix together. Pile into orange cups. Serve around turkey.

Source: Memory Lane Cookbook (Rotary Club of Naracoorte, 1986), p. 126.

Quick Tip - Cranberry Sauce

Lovely variation on pre-prepared sauce. Buy two jars, add one or two table spoons of lemon juice and serve in a smart bowl.

Source: American River C.W.A. Recipes for Christmas and Special Occasions (1998), p.48.