While some people use the terms interchangeably, most ambrosia recipes contain coconut and pineapple, mandarin or orange sections, and miniature marshmallows.Īs with Heavenly Hash, Ambrosia can also include nuts and maraschino cherries. If the whole concept sounds odd to you, know that Heavenly Hash is very much a comfort food to its fans.Īmbrosia is a similar American fruit salad from the South. We make Heavenly Hash with fresh fruits (strawberries, bananas, pineapple, peaches) and nuts (a mix of pecans, pistachios and walnuts), folded into crème fraîche or slightly sweetened sour cream. Flavored with lime Jell-O or vanilla pudding.Cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple.Here are just a few of the combinations we perused: We prefer sour cream, but have also found, mayonnaise, pudding, whipped cream, even yogurt or cottage cheese and (gasp!) Cool Whip. So today the recipe for heavenly hash essentially requires some kind of fruit-fresh, canned and/or candied-in some kind of creamy white binder. Over generations the recipe evolved, with everyone inventing his or her own hash (the term, after all, indicates a jumble or muddle of ingredients). It began as a Christmas recipe with red maraschino cherries, green grapes, pecans and other ingredients folded into whipped cream. The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash is a traditional Southern dish. Is it a fruit salad bound with sour cream or whipped cream, or a chocolate confection or baked good filled with marshmallows and nuts? If someone offers you Heavenly Hash, you may want to clarify: Heavenly Hash ice cream, with chocolate chips, marshmallow swirl and sliced almonds (photo © Stewarts Shop).įebruary 2nd is National Heavenly Hash Day. Here’s the recipe from Small Town Woman (photo © Small Town Woman). Heavenly Hash fudge, with chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and pecans. The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash, wrapped in sour cream (photo © When The Dinner Bell Rings | Blogspot.
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