Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes
Dr Pepper Cherry Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (17 ounce) can sweet black cherries
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in its own juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 small boxes cherry gelatin
- 1 (12 ounce) can or bottle Dr Pepper
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Instructions
- Oil a 6 cup decorative mold. Drain liquid from cherries and pineapple, reserving liquid.
- Slice cherries in half. Reserve them along with the pineapple.
- Add lemon juice to liquid from the canned fruit. Measure liquid and add enough water to make 2 cups. Bring the liquid to a boil.
- Place gelatin in a medium-size bowl. Pour boiling liquid over it and stir until the gelatin is dissolved.
- Mix in the Dr Pepper.
- Refrigerate until the gelatin turns syrupy, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Fold fruit and pecans into the gelatin.
- Pour the gelatin into the mold, and chill it again until the mixture sets firmly, another hour or two.
- Unmold the salad.