Ingredients

  • 2 Lg Cans Pineapple Chunks
  • 1 Lg Can Tangerines
  • 1 Sm Jar Maraschino Cherries
  • 1 Bunch Red Grapes, cut in half and seeded
  • 1 Bunch Green Grapes, cut in half
  • 2 Oranges, peeled and sliced
  • 1 Banana, peeled and sliced
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 dollop Butter
  • 1 heaping Tbsp Flour
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Whipping Cream

Directions

1. Drain: juice from fruit cans and place in 1 qt sauce pan along with butter.
2. Heat: juice and butter mixture over low heat until its not quite boiling.
3. Mix: sugar, flour and eggs (beaten a little) in small bowl.
4. Add: small amount of juice to this mixture and stir until its smooth.
5. Add: mixture back into sauce pan and slowly bring to a boil until it thickens. Stirring constantly so it does not burn! When it thickens (like hot custard), cover and set aside in refrigerator.
6. Mix: pineapple chunks left over from above, with oranges, tangerines, grapes and cherries together in large bowl and set aside in refrigerator.
7. Whip: cream and set aside in refrigerator.
8. Mix: custard, whipped cream and fruit mixture together after it has cooled in refrigerator.
9. Add: sliced banana just before server (to keep them from browning).
10. Store: in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Notes
For those who do not like Pineapple, you may substitute 2 large cans of Pears for the 2 large cans of pineapples.
The salad can be doubled for Christmas.
The best way to prepare is to complete recipe up until step 7 ahead of time. Complete steps 8 and 9 just before serving for Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner.


Categories
Christmas, Holiday, Thanksgiving
Keywords
Thanksgiving Christmas