Best 3 Italian Fruit Salad Recipes

ITALIAN PASTA FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Cook and stir all sauce ingredients in a saucepan on med. heat. Bring to a boil until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Cook pasta according to package. Strain, rinse and cool. Mix sauce and pasta together and refrigerate over night. Add fruit the next day (halve the cherries and pineapple). Fold in Cool Whip. Serve and enjoy the compliments!!

ITALIAN FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese evenly on foil-lined 13x9-inch baking pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until cheese is melted and lightly browned; cool in pan. Break "crisps" into irregular-sized pieces.
• Divide salad on 3 large plates. Arrange oranges, grapes, prosciutto strips and dates on top of each salad. Drizzle with Aioli Dressing, to taste. Garnish with cheese "crisps." Refrigerate any remaining dressing.
• Aioli Dressing: Combine 1/3 cup red wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons water, 5 garlic cloves, finely minced, 1 pasteurized egg or 1/4 cup egg substitute, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard in blender container. Cover; blend at medium speed. Slowly add 1/3 cup olive oil and 1/3 cup vegetable oil in thin stream, until blended. Makes about 1-1/2 cups.

PAVLOVA WITH CREAM AND ITALIAN FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300 and line 2 baking sheets with parchment. On the parchment with a pencil draw 6, 4 inch circles in each sheet and turn the sheet over onto the baking sheet.
• 2. In a standing mixer with a whisk attachment, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks. Now slowly add 1 cup of sugar while continuing to whisk to stiff peaks.
• 3. In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons corn starch. Fold this into the egg white mixture alone with the lemon juice.
• 4. Take a piping back with a 1M Wilton tip and for each circle on the parchment start in the middle and pipe the meringue in a circle from the inside out and add an extra layer on top of the outer circle so it works like a bowl. Repeat for all 12.
• 5. Bake at 300 for one hour then turn off the oven and leave in for 15 minutes.
• 6. While baking mix the sugar and Amaretto and pour over the prepared fruit and mix well.
• 7. Just before serving add the sparkling wine to the fruit and stir.
• 8. To plate take a cooled Pavlova meringue and top with some whipped cream and top that with fruit and a little of it's juice. And there you have it, pure heaven on a dessert plate.