Sunshine Fruits Recipes

SUNSHINE FRUIT BUTTER

Steps:

• Place fruit in a large saucepan and cook over low heat until soft, adding small amounts of water if necessary to prevent scorching.
• Puree fruit in a blender or food processor or using an immersion blender.
• Measure puree.
• Return puree to saucepan - you should have about 4 cups of puree. Add lime juice and sugar.
• Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often until mixture has thickened. This could take as little as 15 minutes, or as long as an hour - depending on the size of your saucepan and today's humidity.
• Ladle into hot, clean jars leaving about ¼ inch head space. Top with the two-piece lids and rings, and process in a water bath for 10 minutes.

SUNSHINE FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Drain all canned fruits, reserving 1-1/2 cups of pineapple juice.
• Mix all canned fruits in large bowl.
• Mix reserved pineapple juice with pudding mix in medium saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until boiling, stirring constantly.
• Let cool, pour over fruit and mix.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Slice bananas and add just before serving.

SUNSHINE FRUIT CUP

Steps:

• Add prepared drink to fruit in large bowl; toss to coat. Cover.
• Refrigerate several hours or until chilled. Meanwhile, stir dry drink mix into yogurt until well blended; cover. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Spoon fruit mixture evenly into 12 dessert dishes; top with the yogurt mixture.

SUNSHINE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine the dried fruit and the two juices. Bring to the boil then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and cool overnight.
• Next day: Grease a 20cm ring pan, paying particular attention to the centre area. Pre-heat oven to 180 deg Celsius.
• Sift together all dry ingredients (flour, milk powder, cocoa & mixed spice).
• Combine fruit mix, apple, pumpkin & carrot in a large bowl then stir in the egg whites.
• Stir in the dry ingredients.
• Spread the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for 1.25 hours checking the cake after about 1 hour. (The cake may require a cover of some aluminium foil during the last stages, to stop the top from getting too brown.) Remove cake from oven, remove foil if used, and cool for 5 minutes. Carefully turn on to wire rack to cool.

SUNSHINE FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple juice into your serving bowl.
• Whisk the pudding into the juice until it thickens.
• Fold pineapple and oranges into pudding.
• Chill.
• Don't be afraid to experiment with different fruit.

SUNSHINE FRUIT DIP

Steps:

• In medium bowl, stir together all ingredients except fruit.
• Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• Serve with fresh fruit.

SUNSHINE FRUITS

Steps:

• Layer strawberries, papaya and bananas into 4 large glasses; pour in enough orange juice to fill each glass.
• Garnish each serving with a strawberry if you like.