Overnight Fruit Salad

Name: Overnight Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 2 large eggs, beaten; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice (see below); 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter; 1 dash salt; 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 (16 1/2 ounce) can pitted royal anne or queen anne sweet cherries, drained (I prefer two cans); 2 (15 1/4 ounce) cans pineapple chunks in juice, drained (reserve juice); 2 tablespoons pineapple juice, reserved from the pineapple; 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin orange segments, drained; 1 cup miniature marshmallow (or one bag); 1 sliced banana, to taste (optional); 1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped, depending on whether you like the crunch of nuts in your fruit salad (mixed in or sprinkled on top) (optional); 1 cup maraschino cherry, to taste, for garnish, pretty sprinkled over the top since this is a very white-looking dish (optional)

15 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 large eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice (see below)
1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter
1 dash salt
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 (16 1/2 ounce) can pitted royal anne or queen anne sweet cherries, drained (I prefer two cans)
2 (15 1/4 ounce) cans pineapple chunks in juice, drained (reserve juice)
2 tablespoons pineapple juice, reserved from the pineapple
2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin orange segments, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallow (or one bag)
1 sliced banana, to taste (optional)
1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped, depending on whether you like the crunch of nuts in your fruit salad (mixed in or sprinkled on top) (optional)
1 cup maraschino cherry, to taste, for garnish, pretty sprinkled over the top since this is a very white-looking dish (optional)

Directions

1

Prepare cooked Dressing:
2

Heat first 6 ingredients just to boiling in 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.
3

Let it cool while you beat the whipping cream.
4

Beat whipping cream in chilled medium bowl with electric mixer on high speed until it's stiff.
5

Fold a spoonful of the cooled egg mixture into into the whipped cream.
6

Fold the rest of the cooled egg mixture into the whipped cream.
7

If you add the hot egg mixture all at once into the whipped cream, it will curdle; trust me on this.
8

Add fruit& nuts to the dressing.
9

Refrigerate at least 12 hours to blend flavors.
10

Garnish with Maraschino cherries.
11

Garnish with nuts if you choose to use the nuts as a garnish rather than an ingredient, or both as I do.