pat's Recipe

Layered Fruit Salad

Category: Fruit salads

2 bananas (fully ripe, flecked-with-brown), sliced on the bias
juice from one orange
5 medium oranges, peeled and sliced
3 cups frozen pineapple chunks, drained
2 cups white seedless grapes or halved grapes, seeded
1 can syrup from pineapple chunks
1 1/4 cups flaked coconut
1 bottle (7-ounce) ginger ale (optional)
1/2 cup maraschino cherries

Instructions
Coat banana slices in orange juice.
Lay half of the banana slices in a large bowl, covering the bottom.

Place a layer of oranges over bananas. Repeat with pineapple and grapes.

Sprinkle with half of the coconut.

Repeat layers of fruit.

Pour reserved pineapple syrup over all; chill thoroughly.

At serving time, pour ginger ale over all layers.

Sprinkle with remaining coconut and dot with whole maraschino cherries.

Serves 8.