| Tasty
Treats to Serve at Your Reception
Are you looking for just the right food to serve
at your reception? Try some of these tasty treats to see if they
tantalize your taste buds.
Mango Velvet
Layered Salad
2 firm-ripe mangoes (1 1/2 lb. total)
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
About 1/4 cup lime juice
About 1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups strawberries, rinsed
3 firm-ripe bananas (1 1/4 lb. total)
4 firm-ripe kiwi fruit (2/3 lb. total)
1 Asian pear
1. Pit and peel mangoes. Cut into 1/2 inch cubes;
measure 1/4 cup and reserve. In a blender or food processor, whirl
remaining mangoes with ginger, 3 tablespoons lime juice, and 1
tablespoon sugar until smooth. Taste, and add more lime juice
and sugar if desired. Pour mango dressing into a deep 2- to 2
1/2-quart clear glass bowl.
2. Hull strawberries; cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch
slices. Peel bananas; cut diagonally into 1/4-inch slices. In
a bowl, gently mix bananas with 1/2 tablespoon lime juice. Peel
kiwi fruit; cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. Peel, quarter,
and core pear; cut into 1/2-inch-thick sticks. In another bowl,
gently mix pear with 1/2 tablespoon lime juice.
3. In the deep glass bowl, arrange strawberry
slices in an even layer on mango dressing. Arrange banana slices
on strawberries, and cover bananas with kiwi fruit. Mound reserved
mango and pear on kiwi fruit.
4. To serve, gently mix fruit with mango dressing
and spoon onto plates.
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