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Cooked Fruit Salad Dressing

By: Caroline Butcher 
"My mother handed this recipe down to me, and it has never failed to receive raves from my guests, especially the men. They enjoy it so much that they always put huge servings on their salads, so I rarely have leftovers!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.6 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (11)

Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 16 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine

Directions

  1. Drain pineapple, reserving the juice. Set pineapple aside for salad. In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the pineapple juice, orange juice and lemon juice. Add egg, mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from the heat and stir in butter. Cover and chill. Serve over a mixture of fresh or canned fruit.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2007 by CINDY1065   view full review
My family loved this dressing. Made enough for two salads. I used the canned chunk...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2009 by Moom   view full review
I just spent ages looking through my mom's old cookbooks for this recipe-without success. ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2007 by HJBOYD   view full review
This dressing is wonderful! The ingredients sounded a little odd to me, but I made it exactly...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2010 by Carrie Rose   view full review
This was good but not memorable. Despite my constant stirring, the egg cooked into chunks...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 26, 2010 by Chef Cee   view full review
Really, really nice. Has a nice citrus-ey flavor, and very easy. I used a 1/4 cup of...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2009 by ACRAMSDELL   view full review
Yummy! Especially great with Mandrin oranges, pineapple, bananas, and apples.
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on May 6, 2007 by KarenA   view full review
The dressing was very good but I ended up with chunks of egg white in it. Maybe I did not...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 16, 2010 by quiltersammy   view full review
Caroline, thanks so much for sharing this delightful recipe! Once, at least 20 years ago, I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2010 by pjksr   view full review
this is better than store bought fruit with syrup,because it has that little bit of tang to it.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2009 by joan mcnary   view full review
this goes great using any type of fruit or fruit juice!

 

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