Almond-Snow Fruit Boats

Name: Almond-Snow Fruit Boats
Prep time: P1H
Total time: P1H
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: apples; bananas; pears; pineapple, fresh; strawberries; grapes, seedless; kumquat; heavy whipping cream; powdered sugar; vanilla extract; almond extract; ice cubes; almonds; orange juice; kirsch (cherry brandy)

Submitted by scatter1

Beat the summer heat with this delicious fruit dish that is bound to cool you off.

YIELD

10 servings

PREP

60 min

COOK

0 min

READY

60 min

Ingredients

EACH APPLES
unpeeled, thin sliced

EACH BANANAS
peeled, thin sliced

EACH PEARS
unpeeled, thin sliced

EACH PINEAPPLE, FRESH
fresh (with tops)

EACH STRAWBERRIES
halved

1 ½

POUNDS GRAPES, SEEDLESS
halved

PT KUMQUAT *

1 ½

CUPS HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM

1 ½

CUPS POWDERED SUGAR
sifted

TEASPOONS VANILLA EXTRACT
vanilla

TEASPOON ALMOND EXTRACT *

QT ICE CUBES
finely crushed *

CUP ALMONDS
slivered, toasted *

CUP ORANGE JUICE
fresh

CUP KIRSCH (CHERRY BRANDY) *

Directions

Sprinkle bananas, apples and pears with fresh lemon juice. Cut pineapples in half. Using curved serrated knife, hollow out pineapple halves, leaving ½ inch shell (reserve shells and all juice). Discard core. Cut pineapple into ¼ inch cubes. Transfer to large bowl. Add sliced fruit and toss lightly. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 hours.

For ice cream: Blend cream, powdered sugar and extracts in large bowl. Gradually fold in ice (or fresh clean snow) until mixture is consistency of ice cream. Fold in nuts. Add reserved pineapple juice to fruit. Blend in orange juice and kirsch.

Spoon fruit into pineapple shells. Top with ice cream. Serve immediately.

*Can substitute any fresh seasonal fruit and combination of purple and green grapes and red and green apples.