Red White and Blues Fruit Salad - (Designed for President Bill Clinton)

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Makes 20 glasses:

• 1 pound fresh strawberries,
• 1/3 ripe honeydew tossed with OJ and fresh mint
• 2 pints blueberries
• 20 small fresh mint leaves for garnish

Method

Cut fruit into bite size pieces. Layer in glass cup, starting with red on bottom if using strawberries, followed by white fruit, finally blue berries. Top with mint leaf
 

Other fruit options

Red:
Raspberries – if you use raspberries put them as the top layer to prevent squashing.
Dried cranberries mixed with strawberries
Red plums

White:
Peeled Apples tossed with OJ to prevent discoloration (can only do a few hours in advance)
Peeled Pears – toss in lemon juice to prevent discoloration
Bananas – not quite white but close – toss with oj to prevent discoloration
 
Blue:
Blackberries – not quite blue but close.
 
As you can see from the photo, we served them in individual mini glass espresso cups to highlight the colors and used small espresso spoons.   Alternatively, you can use a tumbler glass and toothpicks. We have also served fruit salad in shot glasses which don’t require any spoons and can be knocked back to eat. We call them “fruit shots” and served them at a pool party in disposable hot pink shot glasses when we didn’t want to have glass by the pool or utensils that would easily get lost.

Contributor: Lisa Teiger of Creative CuisinEtc. 646-932-3496

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