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Brigitte's Fruit Salad

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Submitted by ksch

Fresh fruit with sliced almonds, a splash of rum, and a golden broiled meringue topping. Part fruit salad, part baked Alaska. A showstopping warm dessert ready in 20 minutes.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

5 min

READY

20 min

This is fruit salad dressed up for a night out.

Apples, oranges, bananas, mandarin segments, and cherries get arranged in individual ovenproof dishes with sliced almonds and a splash of rum.

Then stiff, sugary meringue gets heaped on top and the whole thing goes under the broiler until the peaks turn golden and toasty.

What comes out is half fruit salad, half baked Alaska. Warm fruit underneath, crispy-soft meringue on top, and that little hit of rum tying everything together.

It’s the kind of dessert that takes 20 minutes but looks like you spent an hour.

Kitchen Tips

  • Beat the egg whites until they’re so stiff you can hold the bowl upside down without anything moving. Soft peaks will deflate under the broiler.
  • Watch the meringue like a hawk under the broiler. It can go from golden to charred in under a minute. Keep the oven door cracked.
  • Use whatever fruit is in season. Pears, peaches, and berries all work beautifully in place of (or alongside) the apples and bananas.
  • A kitchen torch gives you more control than the broiler if you have one. Sweep it across the meringue peaks for that caramelized finish.

Ingredients

2 2
EACH APPLES
peeled and sliced thin
2 2
EACH ORANGES
peeled & sliced
2 2
EACH BANANAS
peeled & sliced thin
1 1
CAN CAN MANDARIN ORANGES
small *
1
X MARASCHINO CHERRIES
to taste *
2 2
LARGE EACH EGG WHITE *
3 45
TABLESPOONS ML SUGAR
2 30
TABLESPOONS ML ALMONDS
thinly sliced
1 15
TABLESPOON ML RUM

Directions

Beat the eggwhites with the sugar until very stiff.

Arrange all the fruits and the almonds into 4 ovenproof dishes.

Sprinkle the rum over each dish and heap the eggwhite mixture ontop of the fruit.

Broil for a couple of minutes until the eggwhite/meringue is firm.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 216g (7.6 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 184 9% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 1%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 14g 14%
Dietary Fiber 5g 18%
Sugars g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 69%
Calcium 5% Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium
 

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