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Title: Benson Coupe From Benson Hotel's London Grill Restaurant
Categories: Fruit, Ant, Desserts
Yield: 1 Servings

1 Apple
1 Orange
1 Banana
1 Peach
OR other seasonal fruit as
-desired
1 oz Curacao
2 oz Whipping cream, whipped
6 Scoops strawberry ice cream
6 Pineapple rings
3 Strawberries, halved

1. Remove cores and pits of fruit, peel banana and cut all into 1/4 inch
pieces.

2. Marinate in Curacao approximately 2 hours. Just before serving, mix in
whipped cream, reserving small amount for garnish.

3. For each serving, place 1 scoop strawberry ice cream in chilled dessert
glass, surround with marinated fruit salad, and top with pineapple ring and
1/2 strawberry. Garnish with reserved whipped cream.

Source: Dining In_Portland, A Collection of Gourmet Recipes for Complete
Meals from Portland's Finest Restaurants by Muriel Bevilacqua Logan and
Emily Crumpacker, 1979.

Wine? They recommend: Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs with this dish.

Typos by Brenda Adams ; mc post 5/31/97

Recipe by: The Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1
#630 by Badams on May 31, 1997