Frog's Eye Salad
Recipe: #23988
June 07, 2016
Categories: Salads, Fruit Salad, Pineapple, July 4th, Labor Day, Vegetarian, more
"If you haven't had this yet, you should cause it's CRAZY good! acini de pepe is a tiny pasta, hence the name "Frog's eye" it sort of the size close to pearl couscous"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (283.8 g)
- Calories 532.9
- Total Fat - 14.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.3 g
- Cholesterol - 41.7 mg
- Sodium - 171.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 99.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.2 g
- Sugars - 54.3 g
- Protein - 7.3 g
- Calcium - 36.9 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 39.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In sauce pan, combine sugar, flour, 1/2 tsp salt, pineapple juice and eggs; stir and cook over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and cool to room temperature.
Step 2
Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente (don't overcook it cause you want it al dente not soft, and watch it cause this pasta cooks very quickly). Rinse under cold water and drain.
Step 3
In a large bowl, combine cooked cooled pasta and egg mixture, mandarin oranges, diced and crushed pineapple and whipped topping, mix together well. Refrigerate overnight or until chilled.
Step 4
Before serving add marshmallows and coconut, toss everything together and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.