Garnishes For Salads And Desserts Recipe

Instructions

1. The best and simplest frame for any salad is a bed of lettuce leaves or shredded lettuce, cabbage or cress.
2. Many salads are made more attractive by a sprinkling of chopped nuts or capers, minced green pepper or red pimiento or a grating of cheese.
3. A half of a nutmeat, two or three radishes cut to resemble roses, dates or prunes stuffed with nuts or cream cheese, olives whole or sliced, tiny new onions or sliced green pickles all add flavor and color.
4. One of the most attractive garnishes for desserts is sweetened whipped cream either plain, sprinkled with chopped nuts, cinnamon or preserved ginger or topped with a candied or maraschino cherry or a bit of jam or preserve for color.
5. A substitute for whipped cream may be made from the whites of two eggs beaten stiff with the mashed pulp of one banana slowly added, seasoned with lemon juice and sugar to taste.
6. Meringues also serve to garnish such desserts as pastries and puddings.