Fruit Basket

Ingredients

• Select medium sized, well colored oranges
• Cut the orange center into small cubes, to which add equal quantities of diced banana
• and pineapple
• and a few ripe strawberries if available
• Add fruit sauce to season

Method

1. 1

   Hold an orange between the thumb and the first finger, letting the side of the orange rest on the table.

2. 2

   With a small, pointed knife, start in the middle of the orange, and run the blade about 2 inches into the center, then again and again, all the way around, in such a manner that the orange will part in two halves, leaving the edge ruffled with small points of peel, like the teeth of a coarse saw.

3. 3

   Run the point of a knife around each half, near the peel; then with a teaspoon, dip out the fruit in one piece.

4. 4

   Cut the orange center into small cubes, to which add equal quantities of diced banana and pineapple, and a few ripe strawberries if available.

5. 5

   Add fruit sauce to season, and fill the orange shells, having them well rounded with fruit.

6. 6

   Serve on a white plate, with three small orange leaves or a lettuce leaf for garniture.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT BASKET Select medium sized, well colored oranges. Hold an orange between the thumb and the first finger, letting the side of the orange rest on the table. With a small, pointed knife, start in the middle of the orange, and run the blade about 2 inches into the center, then again and again, all the way around, in such a manner that the orange will part in two halves, leaving the edge ruffled with small points of peel, like the teeth of a coarse saw. Run the point of a knife around each half, near the peel ; then with a teaspoon, dip out the fruit in one piece. Cut the orange center into small cubes, to which add equal quantities of diced banana and pineapple, and a few ripe strawberries if available

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