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Frog's Eye Salad

Traditional dish with acini di pepe pasta, crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges.

Ingredients

  • 1 package acini di pepe pasta
  • 2 cans pineapple
  • 2 cans mandarin oranges
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tub imitation whipped topping
  • ½ package miniature marshmallows

Steps

  1. Cook pasta in a large saucepan.
  2. Drain and rinse pasta.
  3. Drain cans of pineapple and oranges, reserving juice.
  4. Mix juices, sugar and egg yolks in a medium saucepan.
  5. Bring to full rolling boil, stirring frequently until thickened.
  6. Pour hot sauce over pasta.
  7. Cool.
  8. Refrigerate overnight.
  9. Add the fruit.
  10. Mix well.
  11. Then fold in whipped topping and marshmallows.

Adapted from “Frog's Eye Salad”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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