Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes
Layered Citrus Gelatin Fruit Salad
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 small box lime gelatin
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained and juice reserved
- 6 canned pear halves
- 1 small box orange gelatin
- 1 small can mandarin orange slices, drained and juice reserved
Instructions
- Soften cream cheese.
- Dissolve lime gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.
- Mix reserved pineapple juice with enough water to make 1 cup liquid; stir into lime gelatin.
- Arrange pear halves in large mold.
- Pour 1/3 of the lime gelatin over pears; refrigerate until set.
- Mix remaining lime gelatin with cream cheese; beat with rotary beater until smooth.
- Add pineapple; pour over firm gelatin.
- Dissolve orange gelatin in 1 cup boiling water.
- Mix reserved orange juice with enough water to make 1 cup liquid; stir into orange gelatin.
- Chill until partially set; stir in orange slices.
- Pour over cream cheese layer; refrigerate until set.