Filipino Fruit Salad
Filipino fruit salad is a creamy, colorful dessert made with sweet fruits, condensed milk, and cream—perfect for holidays and family gatherings.
Servings (Adjustable):
Calories: 301kcal
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Ingredients
- 1 small can chilled tropical fruit cocktail 255 grams net weight
- 1 cup chilled Nestlé canned table cream 8 ounces
- ⅛ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ¼ cup drained red kaong (sugar palm fruit) about 16 pieces
- ¼ cup drained green nata de coco (coconut gel) about 12 pieces
GARNISH: optional
- 4 maraschino cherries with stem
Instructions
- In a large shallow bowl, pour chilled cream and condensed milk, then stir until well-combined.
- Add drained tropical fruit cocktail, kaong, and nata de coco, then mix to combine.
- If the fruit salad is still cold after making the dessert, immediately serve in individual bowls and top with maraschino with stem.
- (It is recommended to chill this fruit salad at least 2 hours before serving.)
Notes
All-purpose cream is popular in the Philippines and comes in a 250 ml container or a little over 1 cup. If all-purpose cream is unavailable, table cream is an alternative.
If serving immediately, chill the cream and tropical fruit cocktail before assembling the fruit salad. Ideally, chill a couple of hours before making the dessert.
If time permits, after combining the ingredients of the tropical fruit salad, cover and chill for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
In the absence of tropical fruit salad, fiesta fruit salad is readily available in the Philippines and contains similar tropical fruits.
If green kaong is used, pair it with red nata de coco for a festive dessert.
To maintain the white cream as base, drain and pat dry the kaong and nata de coco with thick paper kitchen towels.
The cream base is not overly sweetened with condensed milk due to the addition of the fruits, kaong, and nata de coco. After mixing all the ingredients and if a sweeter version is preferred, add 1 tablespoon of condensed milk at a time.
There are other variations of the popular Filipino Fruit salad where one is made with the use of a canned fruit cocktail consisting of pears, grapes, and peaches (tropical is not included in the label). Another is Buco Salad made with more fresh young coconut strips as the main ingredient. Filipino Fruit Salad is an iconic Filipino dessert served during holidays, fiesta or festivals, birthdays, and family gatherings.
Nutrition
Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 43mg | Potassium: 131mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 595IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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