Almond Float Asian Dessert
- Ready In:
- 24hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 3 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 4 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 (15 ounce) can fruit cocktail
- 1 (20 ounce) can lychees
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges
- 16 maraschino cherries, cut into halves (optional)
directions
- In a saucepan, bring water to a boil; add gelatin and sugar and cook until dissolved.
- Remove from heat; stir in milk and almond extract.
- Pour into a 13x9 glass pan and refrigerate until firm (about 2 hours).
- In the recipe I found on the Web, it says to use the cans of fruit undrained; however, this is not what I remember from my recipe and I would recommend draining them.
- In a large serving bowl, gently stir together the fruit cocktail, lychees and mandarin oranges.
- Cut gelatin into cubes, preferably diamond-shaped.
- Gently combine with fruit.
- Garnish with cherries, if desired.
- Chill well before serving.
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