Acini De Pepe Salad – Janice Parker

Acini De Pepe Salad – Janice Parker

Acini de Peper (cook till soft, in boiling water, drain) this is a frog-eye pasta --- 

1 cans large crushed pineapple (drain all the juice off)

2-3 large can of diced pineapple (drain juice off)

3 cans mandarin oranges (drain juice off)

Lemon juice

Thickening

3/4-cup sugar

1 egg

2-3 Tbs. Flour

1 large carton of cool whip (or whipped cream)

Make thickening with pineapple juice (about 1 1/2 cup).  Add egg, sugar, floor and stir constantly until thick (over heat).  (This is not very thick)

Add thickened sauce to the drained pasta and one tbsp. Real lemon juice and let this mixture set over night in fridge or until cool

When mixture is cool, add fruit, whipped cream, and I sometimes add 

Min-marshmallows to this.

This recipe makes a huge amount of salad.  Probably enough to fee 20 people or a hungry teenager for after school snack for a week.  This will keep in the fridge for over a week.