Black cherry salad with sweet fruit dressing

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Black Cherries; canned, pitted
3½ cup Pineapple; canned, cut in small pieces
1 pack Orange Gelatin Powder
½ teaspoon Unflavored Gelatin
Few Drops Lemon Juice -Sweet Fruit Dressing---
½ cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Flour
1 Egg Yolk
Juice Of 1 Lemon
½ cup Pineapple Or Apricot Juice
1 dash Salt
1 cup Heavy Cream; whipped

Directions

SALAD

Soak unflavored gelatin in 2 tbsp cold water. Add ½ cup boiling water and stir until dissolved. Drain berries and pineapple. Pour juice in measuring cup and add water to make 1¾ cups. Heat juice and pour over orange gelatin. Stir until dissolved. Combine gelatin mixtures. Chill in shallow pan. SWEET FRUIT DRESSING: Combine sugar, flour, and salt. Add fruit juices and egg yolk. Cook in double boiler until thick. Cool and fold in whipped cream before serving. Serve on a lettuce leaf.

Susan's Note: I use pineapple chunks or tidbits. A family favorite for Thanksgiving since 1953. SW.

Recipe by: Susan Wolfe

Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by vu-man@... (V U Man) on Dec 7, 1997

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