Hello Spring! Very Pretty Molded Fruit Salad
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons walnuts, minced
- 2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 3 1⁄2 cups pineapple juice, divided
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 3⁄4 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1⁄2 cup celery, thinly sliced
- green leaf lettuce leaf
- pineapple slice (optional)
- strawberry, fan (optional)
directions
- Combine cream cheese and walnuts, stir well, and shape into 1/2-inch balls. Cover and chill.
- In medium saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over pineapple juice, let stand one minute.
- Add remaining pineapple juice, sugar, salt and lemon juice.
- Cook over medium heat until gelatin dissolves, stirring constantly.
- Chill until consistency of unbeaten egg white.
- Now, fold in strawberries, celery and reserved cream cheese balls.
- Spoon into a lightly oiled 5-cup mold. Cover and chill overnight, or until firm.
- Unmold onto a lettuce-lined serving platter. If desired, garnish with pineapple slices and a strawberry fan.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef PotPie
Southworth, Washington
One of the old time founding members of Recipezaar. I live in Port Orchard, Washington.
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Oh, and I hate cilantro, too. :)