Filipino Style Fruit Salad

BlueRose683's Note:

Lychees can be skipped, use tropical fruit cocktail instead of the regular fruit cocktail, make it four cans. Filipinos use something called Nestles Cream, but it' s not easy to find.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 3 (14 ounce) cans fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 (14 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (14 ounce) can lychees, drained
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 (8 ounce) package unsalted chopped almonds (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups cubed apples (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix heavy cream and cream cheese together to a smooth sauce like consistency.
2. Combine with other ingredients and blend well, chill overnight.

Reviews

[couchpotatochin]

I skipped the lychees because I don't like them and used wheat nuts instead of chopped almonds because it still turns out cheaper than almonds and my hubby loves them. I would just like to clarify that you use shredded young coconut for the salad. A can of condensed milk (or half a can if you don't like it too sweet) would also be a nice addition. Nestle cream is just all-purpose cream. We only specify it as Nestle cream because for a long time, the only manufacturer/distributor of all-purpose cream was Nestle. In fact, we still only have only about 3 brands available in the market. Any all-purpose cream will do for this recipe. This dish is a staple in Filipino birthday parties, fiestas and of course, the all-important Noche Buena (Christmas Eve meal) and Media Noche (New Year's Eve meal).

[Chef #697877]

I've been making this before and I love it!... I did use a can of Nestle cream (you can check this product at any Asian store),a can of codensed milk and add cheese (cut in cubes),instead of using heavy cream & cream cheese... ooohhh my, everybody loves it...

[hmbs]

I've made this before without the cream cheese and only fruit cocktail. But with the cheese, my friends asked me what i added aside from the cream. I used more apples coz it added a little twist rather than using fruit cocktail all the time to this type of recipe and skipped the coconut.