Hey everyone. It's Sam here from Sugar Spun Run and today I want to show you how I make my favorite ambrosia salad.
Honestly growing up I used to hate ambrosia salad something about those desert salads just never quite
seemed to write to me. I don't know maybe it's because I expect a salad to be green.
Anyway, now that I've gotten older I've learned I actually really like ambrosia
salad but only if it's made a certain way. See most salads, most of these
old-fashioned salads use Cool Whip for their base, and as you might know I'm not
a fan of using Cool Whip. I like to make my whipped cream completely from scratch,
and I have found that when you do that and pair it with ambrosia salad it takes
this desert to a whole new level. Today I'm really excited to show you how I
make this recipe. It's gonna be super quick so let's get started. Now the first
thing you're going to need is a clean a glass bowl.
We're going to use this bowl to make our homemade whipped cream. That's just three simple ingredients.
We're going to start with a 3/4 cup of cold heavy cream.
and we'll add 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
And just 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Now for this step you're going to need to use an electric mixer because we're going to be beating
our cream until we get stiff peaks. You could do this by hand but you are going
to get quite an arm workout if you do it that way and it's going to take a long
time so I'm just going to use my electric mixer.
After about a minute or so of mixing your whipped cream mixture should
resemble Cool Whip, except it's gonna taste a lot better. It should be really
thick. It shouldn't be runny. This is exactly how you want it to look before
you proceed. Now we're going to be adding 1/2 cup of sour cream to the whipped
cream for a little depth of flavor. This is what really makes your ambrosia salad
taste good without being too sweet. So I'm just gonna stir this in with the whipped cream.
I just want to mix everything together until the whipped cream and the sour cream are nicely combined.
So believe it or not, at this point, all of the hard work is really done. All that's left to
do now is just assemble your ambrosia salad. You're going to want to grab a
large bowl and this is where we're going to combine all our ingredients.
We'll start with 4 cups of mini marshmallows and you can absolutely use
plain white regular marshmallows mini marshmallows, but I often like to use
those fruit rainbow-colored ones. it just adds some really nice tropical extra flavor to the salad.
We'll also be adding one and a half cups of sweetened shredded coconut.
And now we'll be adding our fruit. So the first fruit you'll need
is an 11 ounce can of mandarin oranges. And you want this to be really well
drained. We're gonna add these and with our coconut and our marshmallows, and
we're also going to be adding an 8 ounce can of pineapple tidbits. Again you want this to be really well drained.
Finally you want to add 3/4 cup of
maraschino cherries. Make sure you remove the stems, and again of course you're
going to want these to also be well drained.
All that's left to add now is our whipped cream mixture. So I'm just gonna spoon this into the bowl.
So you can see why I recommend using a really large bowl.
And you'll just want to stir everything together. I like to use my spatula to do this until
everything is well combined and well coated with that sour cream, whipped cream mixture.
Now, ideally, if you're serving ambrosia salad for a party what
you'll want to do is you'll want to cover it with plastic wrap. Stick it in
the freezer, and let it set for at least an hour before serving. That's going to
really help soften up your marshmallows. It's gonna help the flavors really meld
together. So that is what I recommend, however, I don't feel like waiting an
hour right now to try this, and I feel like you don't feel like waiting an hour
just to sit there and wait for me to try it. So we're gonna go ahead and dig in right now.
So that's really all there is to making ambrosia salad. I'd call it a
classic ambrosia salad except, as I mentioned, we are making a much better
salad dressing by using homemade whipped cream instead of Cool Whip. I really hope
you guys will try this one out. It's great for the summer but it's also
really popular around the holidays. If you do try it please leave me a comment
and let me know what you think, because I always love hearing from you. Well thank
you guys so much for watching and I'll see you next time.
This is so good. It's creamy. It's got a great tropical fruity flavor and it's
only going to get better after it sits in the fridge. Really hope you guys try this one.
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