Yankee Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (16 ounce) package uncooked orzo pasta
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 (20 ounce) cans crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
• 1 cup mandarin orange segments, drained and chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente, rinse under cold water and drain.
• 2 in a sauce pan, combine the sugar, eggs, flour, salt, pineapple juice and cook over medium heat until mixture thickens.
• 3 remove from heat and cool.
• 4 toss together the pasta and cooked pineapple juice mixture.
• 5 refrigerate overnight.
• 6 break up chilled pasta with a spoon and mix in pineapple, mandarin oranges and cherries.
• 7 fold in thawed whipped topping, chill and serve.