Southwestern Recipes
Orange Baskets
Ingredients
- 6 large navel oranges
- 2 slices canned pineapple
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 6 large strawberries
Instructions
- Wash oranges; dry well. Cut a round slice off the bottom. Excavate all the pulp you can. Discard the white membranes. Clean out the shells. Place pulp in a bowl and combine with the pineapple, bananas and sugar. Gently fold in strawberries. Fill the rinds with this mixture.
- Whip cream. Add confectioners' sugar and almond extract a second or two before beating ends. If desired, tint the mixture pink with food color.
- Heap orange baskets. In the center of each basket, place 1 whole strawberry.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.