New idea! Pineapple treasure chest salad recipe
Enjoy this original Treasure Chest Salad — home party size. It’s easy. Here’s how:
1. Use one big pineapple for the chest. Cut it to a rectangular shape (about 7″ x 3-1/2 x 3-1/2).
2. Scoop out center of “chest.”
3. Reserve curved top slice, with peel intact, for lid.
4. Peel remaining shell, the re-cover sides and ends of chest, attaching with toothpicks to pineapple meat.
5. Prop lid on chest with toothpicks.
6. Fill chest with fresh fruit, cut like jewels. (See fruit salad recipe idea below)
7. Gild salad with Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise.
A recipe to try for the fresh fruit salad to put inside your pineapple treasure chest (1964)
1 pineapple
1 pint strawberries
1 grapefruit
2 medium oranges
1 cup fresh sweet cherries
2 bananas
1 cup green grapes
1 cup red grapes
1-2 cups of cantaloupe or melon of choice, scooped
Slice off pineapple top; cut pineapple into lengthwise eighths. Place rind side down on cutting board. Cut meat from rind with sharp knife, following curve of fruit. Remove any remaining eyes with point of knife; cut off core. Cube and chill pineapple.
Wash, hull and chill strawberries. Pare grapefruits and oranges with sharp knife, cutting completely through white portion; remove sections one at a time, cutting down along one side section and gently lifting other side away from membrane with knife; chill.
Stem cherries, wash and slice in half or leave whole. Chill. Wash and chill grapes.
Use melon baller to scoop round pieces of cantaloupe and/or watermelon. Chill.
Just before serving, mix chilled fruits. Peel bananas, cut each in half then out each half into thirds; add to other fruits, toss. Serve with pineapple-mayonnaise dressing.
Makes 12-14 servings
Pineapple-mayonnaise fruit salad dressing
1/4 cup dairy sour cream
3 tablespoons pineapple juice
1 cup real mayonnaise
Fold sour cream and pineapple juice into real mayonnaise, Chill. Serve with fruits salads. Makes 1-1/4 cups dressing.
Fruits Royal Hawaiian: A carved pineapple basket with fruit salad inside (1965)
