Merry White

Brandied Fruit Cup

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cooking for Crowds
Cooking for Crowds

By Merry White

Published 1974

  • About

This list of fruits is only a suggestion for a change from the ordinary fruit cocktail. You should really invent your own combination. The following is a successful one, based on dried fruit, and is especially good during seasons when fresh fruits are hard to get.

Ingredients

6 12</

Method

Place all the dried fruits in a saucepan with water to cover. Simmer for about 20 minutes, or until tender. Let cool in the liquid.

Pit anything that has pits. Peel and cut the oranges and grapefruit into bite-sized chunks. Cut the cooled dried fruits into small pieces. Use the syrup from only one of the canned fruits (fig is nice) and drain the other canned fruits.

Combine all