Mint-Cream Fruit Topping Recipe

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For a different spin on a typical fruit salad, try this creamy mint sauce from Diane Hixon of Niceville, Florida. It’s delicious dolloped on orange slices and other fresh fruit. TIP: “In summer, it’s very refreshing served over melon, strawberries and red and green grapes,” Diane notes.

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Mint-Cream Fruit Topping Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 teaspoons minced fresh mint
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 medium star fruit, sliced
3 large navel oranges, peeled and sliced
3 large kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup dried cranberries

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, confectioners' sugar, mint and cardamom. Chill for at least 30 minutes. Just before serving, arrange star fruit, oranges and kiwi on salad plates or a serving platter; sprinkle with cranberries and dollop with cream topping. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 136 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 16 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Mint-Cream Fruit Topping in Quick Cooking November/December 2005, p27