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Default German Side Dishes...???

In article >,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

> Sort of a sweet side dish......
>
> Rainbow Fruit Salad (Regenbogen-Fruchtsalat)
>
> 5 oz. white grapes
> 5 oz. black grapes
> 9 oz. plums
> 2 small aromatic apples
> 2 small aromatic pears
> 4 Tbsp cranberry jam
> 4 oz. dry sherry
> 2 oz. chopped walnuts
>
> Wash fruit, cut grapes and plums in halves and remove pits and kernels. Cut
> plums into wedges. Peel apples and pears, half, core and cut halves
> lengthwise into slices. Combine fruits in large bowl. Strain cranberry jam
> through a sieve and stir in sherry. Add to fruit and marinade for approx.
> 30 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped nuts before serving.
>
> Note: Recipe says it serves four. But with those measurements, I think I
> could eat it alone....If you want to try it, up the ingredients. Sounds
> good. I found it in a German cookbook Called "His Tradition Lives
> On.......Sweet Temptations of a la Ludwig II" (this was crazy Ludwig of
> Barvaria)....he may have been nuts but his recipe collection seems pretty
> good.


How likely is it that he would have had access to cranberries (which are
a new world fruit)?

Miche

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