Recipes

Orange Salad

I’m not sure why we call this dish Orange Salad, or where this recipe originally came from. This is a typical family dish around Thanksgiving or Christmas time. While it’s very “deserty”, we serve this with the main meal as a side dish, separate from any desert (as a sort of replacement for cranberry sauce, I guess).

Ingredients

• 2 Small Jello Gelatin packages, Orange Flavour
  • The 85g packages that have 4 servings in them
• 1 Cup water
• 1 Can (398ml) Crushed Pinapple
• 1 Can (398ml) Mandarin Orange sections
• 2 Envelopes of Dream Whip whipped cream mix
• 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
• 1 & 1/2 Cup Milk
• 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
• Optional: 5-10 Maraschino Cherries for garnish

Steps

• Mix 2 envelopes of Dream Whip mix, 1 cup Milk, 1/2 Tsp Vanilla in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form (in other words, make 2 packages of Dream Whip mix as instructed on the package). Set whipped cream aside for now.
• Heat 1 Cup water to almost boiling, and mix with all of the orange Jello gelatin powder until combined.
• Put Jello mix in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes. Do not let it completely set - you just want to cool it down.
• Drain the canned pineapple and orange sections. Set 5-10 orange slices aside for garnish (you’ll need these tomorrow so put them in the fridge for now).
  • Optionally, you may want to blitz the orange slices in a blender, if you want a smoother final dish.
• To the Jello mixture, add 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 chip mayonnaise, and the crushed pineapple and oranges. Mix with an electric mixer for a minute or two, until combined as best as possible.
• Using the lowest setting on an electric mixer, combine whipped cream and the Jello mixture until combined.
• Transfer mixture into a large glass serving bowl, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• Before serving, add orange slices (and optional cherries) to the top as garnish.