As a kid growing up. This dessert was there for Thanksgiving, Christmas, baptisms,weddings,graduations and birthdays. My uncle called it the Relative Dessert. Because it was always there on special occasions. Btw. Great video.
I'm one of those that do not like maraschino cherries. Instead, I use a couple of heaping tablespoons of sour cherry preserves simmered and cooled until thickened, then add a bit of port or sherry. Absolutely divine!
I made this for our theology 🧑🎓 since I don’t like sour cream, I used yogurt and added pieces of apple, every body loved it.The next time I made it more classical with the recipe for my own whipped cream, and sour cream DELICIOUS.
I love fruit salad, we have a Filipino version of Ambrosia salad ( fruit salad) but it’s really different ingredients, we use some of the local fruits like kaong on the bottle, nata de coco on the bottle also, we make that for special occasions like Holidays.
My Ambrosia is very tropical..Young coconut meat, Sweet palm fruit, coconut jelly, lychees, pineapple, bananas, diced semi ripe papaya, sweet melon, rice crispies, taro cream, all purpose cream..served with a scoop of coconut ice cream as a topping!..so refreshingly good! 👍
I replaced yogurt instead of sour cream, walnuts and fresh fruits (mangoes, grapes, papaya, pineapple, young coconut meat), mallows, cacao nibs, and then all purpose cream. in the Philippines. Yum!,😁
I love fruit salad but I only have one recipe for it. It’s a good one but I want to try some other varieties. I’m happy to find this one. I’m hoping to give it a try. I appreciate being able to learn from you. I make cooking videos too. It’s amazing being able to share and learn from other talented creators like you.
I do mine differently. I use a couple of cans of fruit cocktail because it has all the fruit in it except Mandarin Oranges which makes it cheaper to buy if you are on a budget and easier. I then add a can of Mandarin, marshmallows, whip cream and some times coconut. It is an easy dessert and especially during the hot summer.
Do not make the green jello as normal. We just add the green powder straight from the package to the whip cream mix. Do it a little at a time and taste. It can get too green and too strong very quickly. And we top ours with crushed pecans and more coconut.
Yes! In answer to Thelma, we have the Filipino version, but nowadays, the sour cream/ cool whips beats the condensed milk. We like this lighter version, for sure!
Delicious recipe. Will try.. One suggestion is to strain the yogurt or sour cream first. I use coffee filters over a colander on top of a bowl or a yogurt strainer is fine to catch any liquid.
I'm going to try this variation. We always called it christmas salad or 5 cup salad because it used 1 cup of each ingredient. The funny thing is, I never new it was called "ambrosia." 😊
Some use cool whip, some use homemade whip cream, some use only sour cream and others mix sour cream with the whip cream. I hate sour cream and plain yogurt and mayonnaise, and I like it sweet so I prefer just straight up whip cream, I never thought about vanilla yogurt, I also don't like pineapple but I like to add bananas
Wouldn’t it make sense to mix the whipped cream and sour cream together to whip it up good? Seems like you could incidentally have some areas of the recipe that were too sweet or maybe even just straight sour cream taste.
Actually no I didn't say 1 cup of whipped topping. I said "one full tub or one container" if you rewatch at 2:02 you will hear it. Which is about 2 cups if using measuring cups. I also said near the beginning the amounts don't matter, so if all you have is 1 cup, like half of a container left, or if you make homemade whipped cream and all you have is 1 cup then that is fine.
How many people does this specific recipe yield? Would Love to make this for my daughter's Gender Reveal Party.. Halloween themed.. Any suggestions on trying to make it more Halloweeny... Lol Thank you🧡🎉🎉
It makes enough for about 10 people. You could carve a cantaloupe or Watermelon like a pumpkin and then have the ambrosia salad in the mouth, like the fruit pumpkin threw it up. haha
