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orange ambrosia

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Nancy Beard
Lake Tapps, WA

I have been making this for over 40 years and always am asked for the recipe. When time allows, I toast an additional 1/2 cup of coconut and put it on the top just before serving. It is especially pretty in a glass bowl. Enjoy!

(1 rating)
yield 6 -8
prep time 20 Min

Ingredients For orange ambrosia

  • 1 large pkg
    orange jello
  • 1 qt
    orange sherbert
  • 1/2 pt
    whipping cream, whipped
  • 1 sm
    can crushed pineapple
  • 1 can
    mandarin oranges
  • 1/2 c
    coconut

How To Make orange ambrosia

  • 1
    Drain pineapple and oranges very well. Dissolve jello in two cups boiling water. Let set in refrigerator until syrupy. Have whipping cream whipped, sherbert softened, and fruit drained. When jello is syrupy whip until frothy. Whip in sherbert. Blend in whipping cream at slow speed on beater. Fold in drained fruit and coconut. Retrigerate. This will keep in the refrigerator three days.

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