Recipe for cooking layered citrus gelatin fruit salad

Super Salad Recipes :: Gelatin Salads

Layered Citrus Gelatin Fruit Salad

3 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 sm. box lime gelatin
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained and juice reserved
6 canned pear halves
1 sm. box orange gelatin
1 sm. can mandarin orange slices, drained and juice reserved

Soften cream cheese. Dissolve lime gelatin in 1 C. boiling water. Mix reserved pineapple juice with enough water to make 1 C. liquid; stir into lime gelatin. Arrange pear halves in lrg. mold. Pour 1/3 of the lime gelatin over pears; refrigerate until set.

Mix remaining lime gelatin with cream cheese; beat with rotary beater until smooth. Add pineapple; pour over firm gelatin.

Dissolve orange gelatin in 1 C. boiling water. Mix reserved orange juice with enough water to make 1 C. liquid; stir into orange gelatin. Chill until partially set; stir in orange slices. Pour over cream cheese layer; refrigerate until set.

Makes approximately 12 servings.