Cranberry Relish

1 bag (12 oz) fresh whole Cranberries, sorted through, washed and drained well
1 large Navel Orange - sliced into wedges, skin and all
1 large Red Delicious Apple - sliced into wedges, barely cored, mostly to remove seeds
1/2 - 1 C granulated sugar - matter of taste, tradition calls for 1 C but I experiment with going lower

This is my Grandma McLellan's recipe - not sure where she got it from, but this is a recipe she always made for the holidays and I always made with her using her white KitchenAid stand mixer that she bought on the day that the plane flew into the Empire State Building in the 1940's (need to look that up and link it ...)  My mom still has the grinder attachment for it that we used - the mixer finally gave up its last a few years ago so the relish making fell to me and my setup.

Traditionally this is a 1-1-1-1 recipe: 1 bag of cranberry, 1 navel orange, 1 apple (my grandmother always used red delicious - I have never tried another variety - its purpose is to blend into the background and add to the sweetness to balance the orange and cranberry) and 1 cup of sugar.  I have experimented with lowering the sugar and have been happy with the results I get anywhere from 1/2 cup for a nice tart condiment where you can really taste the orange and cranberry to the full 1 cup that is just sweet and tangy and wonderful and works so well with turkey or ice cream or ... so many things.

Just slice the apple and orange into wedges that will fit well into your grinder of choice - I use a KitchenAid stand mixer with their sold-separately grinder attachment - and run those and the cranberries that you have sorted through to remove bad ones, washed and dried through the grinder into a bowl,  Once everything is ground, add the sugar.  I would suggest adding 3/4C of sugar to start (unless you really like straight up cranberry and orange flavor - start at 1/2 C!) - mix well with the ground fruit, store in fridge, give it a mix the next day as the flavors will have continued to blend.  If you want it sweeter, add more sugar at this point, mix well and come back in a few hours, mix and taste again.  But before adding more sugar than you started with, give it a chance to meld together.