Recipe: Cranberry Orange Parfait (using yogurt and whipped cream, Melissa d'Arabian)

CRANBERRY ORANGE PARFAIT

2 cups plain yogurt
3 tablespoons orange marmalade
3/4 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon sugar
1 (10 ounce) can whole cranberry sauce
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

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 whipped 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. Chill before serving.

Top with a sprinkle of toasted pecans just before serving.

Makes 4 servings
Show: Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d'Arabian Episode: Penne for Pennies, Food TV Network