Ambrosia Recipe

  Dessert

Ingredients:
2 13 1/2 oz. (3 cu.) frozen pineapple chunks
5 medium oranges
2 fully ripe bananas
2 cu. seedless white grapes
1 3 1/2 oz. can (about 1 1/4 cu. flaked coconut

1 7 oz. bottle ginger ale (optional)
Whole Marachino cherries

Directions:
Drain pineapple, reserving syrup. Pare oranges with sharp knife; remove sections by cutting close to membrane, reserving any juice. You'll need about 2 cu. orange sections. Peel bananas, slice on the bias, and place in the orange juice. Place half of each fruit in a bowl (in layers), sprinkle with half of the coconut; top with remaining fruit in layers. Pour reserved pineapple syrup over; chill thoroughly. At serving time, pour ginger ale over, if using. Sprinkle with remaining coconut and dot with Maraschino cherries.
Makes 8 to 12 servings

Ambrosia
 

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