Spiced Cherry Salad

Cinnamon-spiced fruit salad with dried cherries, mandarin oranges and kiwifruit, garnished with toasted slivered almonds. Wonderful with roasted poultry and baked ham.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup dried tart cherries
1 (11-ounce) can mandarin orange sections, drained
2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted

Cooking Directions:

1. Put dried cherries, mandarin orange sections and kiwi slices in a salad bowl. Combine orange juice, powdered sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; mix well. Pour orange juice mixture over fruit mixture; mix gently.
2. Refrigerate, covered, 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with toasted almonds just before serving.

Makes 6 servings.

Recipe and photograph are provided courtesy of the Cherry Marketing Institute.