Delicious World Recipes

Overnight Fruit Salad

Overnight Fruit Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 20 oz pineapple chunks in heavy syrup drained reserving 2 Tbsp syrup
  • 3 egg yolks beaten
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
  • 18 tsp salt
  • 2 cans 17 oz ea pitted white Royal Anne cherries drained
  • 2 cans 11 oz ea mandarin oranges drained
  • 1 12 cups miniature marshmallows
  • 1 cup whipping cream

Directions

  1. Chill a small bowl and beaters from an electric mixer
  2. Place pineapple chunks in large bowl set aside
  3. In the top of a double boiler over hot water combine egg yolks sugar vinegar reserved pineapple syrup butter and salt
  4. Stirring constantly cook mixture about 4 minutes or until thickened
  5. Remove from heat and allow to cool
  6. Chill 30 minutes
  7. Add cherries mandarin oranges and marshmallows to pineapple chunks
  8. Stir in chilled dressing In chilled bowl beat whipping cream until peaks form fold into fruit mixture
  9. Chill over night