For His Master's Veneration: Mikls Magical Fruit Salad

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Mikls Magical Fruit Salad

This classic salad was first served in 1893 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel of New York City. Its simplicity made it a big favorite: just chopped apples, celery, grapes, and walnuts in mayonnaise. Some time after “Eagle Brand” sweetened condensed milk was marketed, they offered a recipe for “Magic Mayonnaise”. For Queen Elisabeth's Coronation melon was added to a chicken salad so slave thought it would make a fun salad for you.

A fresh take on an classic from the 1950's. An apple, melon salad with celery and nuts and a sweet dressing. What's not to love?

Ingredients:

Mikl's Magic Mayonnaise

1 can sweetened condensed milk Non-fat
½ cup white vinegar
½ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch cayenne pepper
2 egg yolks

Salad Ingredients

½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup celery, diced
½ cup of dried cranberries
3 sweet apples, cored and chopped (Like Gala)
1 cup small diced cantaloupe

Mikl's Magic Mayonnaise (Use no more than half of above recipe)

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Directions:

In a bowl, combine all ingredients for the mayonnaise. Whisk until mixture thickens. (cover and refrigerate to blend flavors.)
Store leftovers in a clean sealed jar.

Do your cutting for the salad:

Juice the lemon first and save it.

Do a fine dice of the celery

Chop up the apples sprinkle the juice of 1 lemon over them to avoid the browning.

Chop the cantaloupe in the same size as the apples.

In a large bowl, mix the apples, cantaloupe, celery, pecans, and cranberries. Then add about a half of the recipe for Mikl's Magic mayonnaise. This is best chilled overnight.