Yankee Salad

Orzo, a very delicate pasta, is tossed with a delicious cooked pineapple sauce, and then mixed with mandarin oranges, maraschino cherries, crushed pineapple, and whipped topping. Serves eight.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 661 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package uncooked orzo pasta
• 2 (20 ounce) cans crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
• 1 cup mandarin orange segments, drained and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente, rinse under cold water and drain.

Step 2

In a sauce pan, combine the sugar, eggs, flour, salt, pineapple juice and cook over medium heat until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and cool.

Step 3

Toss together the pasta and cooked pineapple juice mixture. Refrigerate overnight.

Step 4

Break up chilled pasta with a spoon and mix in pineapple, mandarin oranges and cherries. Fold in thawed whipped topping, chill and serve.