Ambrosia

Ingredients

• four oranges
• four bananas
• one pineapple (canned may be used)
• quart strawberries
• ten tablespoons ffrated cocoa-nut
• one and a half pints powdered sugar

Method

1. 1

   Peel the fruit, stem the berries, and layer them in a glass dish: berries, sliced pineapple, oranges cut in small pieces, bananas sliced crosswise, adding strawberries.

2. 2

   Repeat layers, placing sugar between each layer and over the top.

3. 3

   Cover with grated cocoa-nut and a layer of large strawberries.

4. 4

   Let stand in a cold place for 1-2 hours before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 257. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ambrosia. — Take four each oranges and bananas, one pine- apple (canned may be used), quart strawberries and ten tablespoons ffrated cocoa-nut. Peel the fruit, stem the berries, and place in glass aish a layer of berries, then sliced pine-apples, then oranges cut in small pieces, taking out seeds, then oananas sliced crosswise, adding strawberries here and there, so that they will show through the dish ; now another layer of pine-apples, then bananas, then oranges, placing sugar between each layer and over the top, using one ana a half pints powdered sugar

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