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Recipe for "ambrosia"

NAME

     AMBROSIA - Simple desert for failed Pavlova attempts
     My mother used to make the banana variety of this  when  she
     cooked  her meringues a little too long or too hot.  I've no
     idea of its origins.

INGREDIENTS (serves 4)

     300 ml    heavy cream
     2         bananas (or equivalent amount of some soft fruit)
               broken meringue

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Whip the cream.
          (2)  Chop fruit coarsely, but don't crush.
          (3)  Break meringue into large crumbs.
          (4)  Mix everything shortly  before  serving  and  pile
               into glasses.

NOTES

     I can never make up my mind whether I prefer the  strawberry
     or  the  banana  version.   Peach should be pretty good too,
     though I've never tried it.
     This is a neat way of saving a Pavlova(D) attempt  when  the
     meringue  part  fails:   it  produces a delicious desert and
     no-one need ever know...

RATING

     Difficulty: very simple.  Time:  10  minutes  presuming  you
     have the meringue available.  Precision: No need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Marcus G Hand,
     AT&T Information Systems, Middletown, NJ.
     mtuni!mgh