Sparkling Fruit Salad Food

SPARKLING FRUIT SALAD WITH CHAMPAGNE MIMOSA DRESSING

Steps:

• Place the mango, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, kiwi and mint in a large bowl.
• Carefully toss to combine being careful not to break up the berries. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the orange juice, champagne, honey and cointreau (if using) to combine.
• Right before serving, pour the dressing over the salad and toss gently to coat.

SPARKLING BERRY SALAD

Steps:

• 1. In medium saucepan, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over 1 cup cranberry - raspberry juice; let stand 1 minute. Stir over low heat until gelatin is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes. Stir in sugar till dissolved.
• 2. In a large bowl, blend remaining cran - rasp juice. soda, lemon juice and orange peel. Chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture is consistency of unbeaten egg whites, about 60 minutes.
• 3. Fold in berries. Pour into 6 - cup mold, or bowl; chill until firm, about 3 hours.
• 4. Unmold and serve; if desired with sour cream Substitution: Use 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, and increase sugar by 1/2 cup.
• 5. This recipe also called for 1/4 cup creme de cassis ( black currant) liquer ( optional)..I never used it. It is added when you add the soda, etc I have also made this with just cranberry juice..yum!

SPARKLING GELATIN SALAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup juice; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in the wine, sugar and remaining juice. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved., Pour into a 1-1/2-qt. serving bowl. Refrigerate until set but not firm, about 1 hour. Fold in the oranges, grapes and raspberries. Refrigerate until firm.

FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare the fruit with a small serrated knife. Cut the top and bottom off the kiwi, stand it up on one of its flat surfaces and cut away the skin, keeping the knife as close to the skin as possible. Slice in half, following the core through the centre, then cut each half into slices. Put in a bowl and repeat with the other kiwi.
• Carefully cut the skin off the mango and slice off each cheek, running your knife as close to the stone as you can. Cut each piece into slices. Remove any remaining fruit from the stone in long thin slices. Add the mango to the kiwi.
• Top and tail the pineapple, then in a similar way to the kiwi, cut away the skin. Use your knife to go around the pineapple, taking out the divets or eyes, two to three at a time, you'll be left with a spiral pattern weaving around the outside of the fruit. Take of a circular slice, roughly 150g, quarter, remove the core then cut into chunks. Add to the bowl.
• Halve the grapes and add to the rest of the fruit along with the berries, you may want to slice or halve strawberries if they're large. Remove the peel from the orange using the same method as the kiwi and pineapple. Holding the orange over the bowl of fruit, remove the orange segments by carefully cutting between the membrane and the fruit. The pieces should fall out into the bowl along with any juice. Squeeze the membrane over the fruit to extract the juice, add a drizzle of honey, if you like. Mix everything together and leave in the fridge to macerate for 30 mins, if you have time.

FLUFFY PINK FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving 1/3 cup juice (save remaining juice for another use). Cut cherries in half; set aside. , In a bowl, beat cream cheese and reserved cherry juice until smooth. Fold in whipped cream. Fold in cherries, pineapple, fruit cocktail, peaches, bananas and marshmallows. Transfer to a serving bowl. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

SPARKLING BERRY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Stir boiling cranberry juice (heat in pan) into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes (until well dissolved).
• Stir in club soda, liqueur, and lemon juice.
• Refrigerate about 1-1/2 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites-I set my bowl inside a larger bowl of ice water and it takes about 20 minutes).
• Stir in 2 cups of the berries.
• Spoon into 5-cup mold.
• Refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm.
• Unmold and top with remaining 1 cup of berries in center.