Recipe - Fruit-Topped Canapes

8 ounce Cream cheese; softened
1 teaspoon Grated orange rind
2 tablespoon Orange juice
One half teaspoon Ground ginger
48 Multishaped crackers
Lightly toasted
One fourth md Honeydew melon
8 Fresh strawberries
1 Or
2 Kiwifruit
1 One half cup Fresh pineapple wedges;
drained
Three fourths cup Seedless red grapes
Three fourths cup Seedless green grapes
One half cup Mandarin orange sections
Drained
One half cup Fresh blueberries
1 small Fresh mint leaves

Recipe by: Southern Living Preparation Time: 0:20 This recipe suggests
particular fruits to adorn the simple cracker bases, but other fresh
fruits, as well as steamed asparagus pieces, broccoli flowerets, and carrot
slices could be substituted. Beat cream cheese at medium speed of an
electric mixer until smooth; add orange rind, orange juice, and ground
ginger, mixing well. Spoon mixture into a decorating bag fitted with tip
No. 18, and pipe mixture onto crackers; set aside. Cut fruit into various
shapes, and decorate crackers as desired with fruit and mint leaves. Yield:
4 dozen.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #217 by novmom@juno.com (Angela Gilliland)
on Aug 18, 1997