Fresh Fruit Fireworks

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Pastry cream

• 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 tablespoons plain nonfat yogurt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fruit plate

• 2 cups fresh fruit puree (two colors -- 1/4 cup each of mango or papaya and raspberry are the most colorful)
• 6 cups assorted seasonal fresh fruit , sliced in different shapes (melon balls, wedges of citrus, slivers of peach, whole grapes)

Directions:

1. To make the pastry cream, blend all of the ingredients in a food processor with a metal blade until satin smooth.
2. Refrigerate in a tightly covered container until thoroughly chilled.
3. To make the desserts, place 2 tbsps.
4. of each color puree on each of 8 large round plates, preferably white.
5. Spread the puree out in an interesting pattern with the back of a spoon.
6. Arrange 3/4 c.
7. of the various fruits in an pattern on the top of the puree, creating a work of art on each plate.
8. Decorate the fruit with the chilled pastry cream.
9. For a truly exciting treat, use a pastry bag and pipe squiggles, swirls and rosettes onto the fruit.