Shelly's Recipe

PINEAPPLE BOAT WITH FLUFFY FRUIT DIP

Category: Fruit Desserts

1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp orange juice and grated orange peel
2 tsp lemon juice and grated lemon peel
1 (3 ox) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 (12 oz) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 large ripe pineapple
Additional orange and lemon peel
Assorted fresh fruit

In a saucepan, combine first 6 ingredients; cook and stir over low heat until mixture reaches 160. Remove from heat. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese. Gradually add egg mixture, beating until smooth. Cool to room temperature. Fold in whipped topping. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Stand pineapple upright and vertically cut about a third from one side, leaving the top attached. Remove fruit and discard outer peel from the smaller section. Remove fruit from the larger section, leaving in 1/2 inch shell. Cut fruit into chunks. Fill shell with dip. Sprinkle with orange and lemon peel. Serve with pineapple chunk and other fruit.