Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Fruit On Tuesday ~ Week 7 {Vickie's Frozen Fruit}


When those hot, hot summer days call for a frozen treat, I have a frosty, fruity solution!



Many years ago, my friend Vickie brought this frozen fruit medley to a summer party. It was quite a hit on that hot day! She shared her recipe with me and this one went into my permanent file. It is simple to make (the hardest part is waiting for it to freeze!) and sooooo refreshing.






Ingredients:
20-oz. can crushed pineapple, including juice
15-oz. can mandarin oranges, including juice
9 bananas, sliced*
water
1 cup sugar
1 cup orange juice
Directions:
  1. Drain cans of fruit, reserving juice.  Mix all fruit in a large bowl.
  2. Add enough water to reserved juice to make 3 cups.  Boil juice and sugar for 10 minutes.  Combine resulting syrup with orange juice and pour over fruit.
  3. Place mixture in a freezer safe container and freeze until solid.  
  4. Scrape, hack, and chisel until you have enough frozen fruit to fill individual serving dishes. (Alternatively, place container in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes to defrost slightly.)   

 * I misread the recipe and put in 2 bananas instead of 9 (yikes!), but it was yummy anyway.


What is your favorite frosty treat?  






Looking for a recipe from another week?
Week 4: Raspberry Sauce
Week 6: Key Lime Pie

6 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 16, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    I've had frozen fruit similar to this so I could almost taste it while reading. Yum!

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  2. VeeJuly 16, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Hmmmmm...I'm going to the kitchen and make this up very soon. Had to snag it! You just know that I did! (I'm without bananas so I hope it will still be okay.)

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  3. Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage BlogJuly 16, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    My kids love to put grape juice in the freezer and get slushy or frozen and scrape it.

    Me? I like ice cream!

    Deanna

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  4. LorrieJuly 16, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    So refreshing. I remember making a similar frozen treat that was put into gingerale to make a slushy. It was delicious.

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  5. Cheryl @ TFDJuly 16, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    So that sounds so good and refreshing for these hot summer days. I'm going to try this one. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. RebeccaJuly 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    I, too, have a recipe similar to this. I don't think mine has the mandarin oranges in it. I'm going to go get it out immediately! (It's quite hot here, and I need to get a jump on the freezing part of it!)

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