Regal layered cranberry salad
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | ounces | Package Strawberry Jello |
| 1 | cup | Boiling water |
| 3 | ounces | Package Lemon Jello |
| 1¼ | cup | Boiling water |
| ½ | cup | Lemon juice |
| 3 | ounces | Package lime jello |
| 1 | cup | Boiling water |
| 1 | large | Egg white |
| ½ | cup | Fresh cranberries |
| 16 | ounces | Can whole cranberry sauce |
| 1 | large | Apple |
| 8 | ounces | Pkg cream cheese, softened |
| 1 | medium | Apple, cored and diced |
| ½ | cup | Salted cashew nuts, chopped |
| 1 | can | 8 oz canned grapefruit |
| Sections | ||
| ¼ | cup | Granulated sugar |
Directions
FIRST LAYER
SECOND LAYER
THIRD LAYER
GARNISH
Step One
Dissolve strawberry jello in one cup boiling water. Stir in the cranberry sauce. Chill until partially set. Core and halve apple.
Reserve one half of the apple, rubbing cut surface with lemon juice.
Cut remaining half in slices arrange sliced around bottom of 8 cup mold. Fold celery into the gelatin, spoon over the apple slices in the mold. Chill until almost set.
Step Two
Dissolve lemon jello in 1¼ cup boiling water. Stir in lemon juice.
Gradually add to cheese, beating until smooth using an electric mixer.
Chill until partially set. Stir in one diced apple and nuts. Spoon over the strawberry layer; chill until almost firm.
Step Three
Dissolve lime jello in one cup boiling water. Drain grapefruit, reserving syrup. Add water to the syrup enough to make ¾ cup.
Add to gelatin.
chill until partially set. Dice reserved apple half. Fold apple and grapefruit sections into gelatin. Spoon over lemon layer in the mold. chill until firm - at least 6 hours or better overnight.
Garnish with Frosted Cranberries Beat the egg white until frothy. Coat fresh cranberries with the egg white. Then toss berries a few at a time in granulated sugar. Let dry in shallow pan at room temperature.
To Serve
Unmold salad onto a large plate on a bed of lettuce, placing the frosted cranberries around the plate on the lettuce.
BTW - yes, you can eat the frosted cranberries.
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== Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. == Submitted By GAIL SHIPP On 11-13-95