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Ambrosia salad with toasted coconut cream and chantilly

ByronTalbott · ♥ 418 likes · 12.8K views · 4 min video

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  • 1 cup sweetened and shredded coconut flakes
  • ½ cup cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla paste or extract
Toast the sweetened shredded coconut in a large saute pan over medium-high heat, keeping it moving, until golden to dark golden without burning. Cool on a sheet tray.
  • 1 can coconut cream
  • sugar
  • oranges
  • strawberries
  • pineapple
Mix a can of coconut cream with a little sugar and the toasted coconut until incorporated.
  • amarena cherries
  • sugar
Macerate fresh oranges, strawberries, pineapple and cherries in a little sugar and their own juice, uncooked, until softened and syrupy.
Macerating fresh fruit
  • castor sugar
Whip a chantilly cream with castor sugar and vanilla paste or extract.
Plate: toasted coconut cream first, topped with more toasted coconut; then the fruit, mixed or layered; dollops of chantilly; more fruit; a drizzle of cherry syrup; and a final garnish of toasted coconut.
Layering and plating