grandma sally's overnight salad
Overnight Salad, also known as Ambrosia, Twentyfour-Hour Salad, or “that salad with the little marshmallows”, has been a holiday tradition in my husband’s family for four generations. For the last couple of years, my daughter has taken on the challenge,and has made the overnight-salad as good as Grandma's. It’s one of the few recipes that I recommend following to the letter. It can be quite time consuming, but it’s worth it, the results are just not the same if you cheat. Great-Grandma swore that you had to use full size marshmallows, and cut them into quarters with kitchen shears. According to her, they could soak up the dressing better than miniatures. To this day, I haven’t dared make it any other way. I had a friend once, though, whose mother made this with colored minis, and I really could not taste the difference.
Ingredients
- 2 cups pitted royal ann cherries, halved
- 2 cups pineapple tidbits
- 2 cups canned mandarin oranges
- 2 cups quartered marshmallows
- 1 - egg
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
How To Make grandma sally's overnight salad
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Step 1Combine well-drained fruit and quartered marshmallows. (Hint: chill the shears & marshmallows prior to cutting)
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Step 2Beat egg until lemon colored. Gradually add sugar, lemon juice and orange juice. Mix well.
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Step 3Cook in double boiler until smooth and thick, stirring constantly.
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Step 4Cool completely. Stir in whipped cream. Pour over fruit and fold in. Chill 24 hours before serving. Do not freeze.
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