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Florida Ambrosia

Present this beautiful fruit mixture on airy meringue shells or angel-cake slices for a heavenly dessert after a heavy meal.

1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon finely shredded Florida Orange Peel

1 cup Florida Orange Juice

2 teaspoons lemon juice

3 Florida Oranges, peeled, sliced, and seeded

2 Florida Grapefruit, peeled, sectioned, and seeded

1 cup halved seedless green and/or red grapes

6 angel-cake wedges or meringue shells

In a small saucepan stir together sugar and cornstarch. Stir in orange peel and orange juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove sauce from heat; stir in lemon juice. Cover; let cool.

Meanwhile, in a 1½ -quart glass bowl combine oranges, grapefruit, and grapes. Pour orange sauce over all. Cover; chill up to 6 hours. To serve, spoon mixture over cake wedges or into meringue shells.

Makes 6 servings.

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: 243 cal., 4 g pro., 58 g carbo., 0 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 2 g dietary fiber, 256 mg sodium. Daily value: 89% vit. C, 10% folate, 11% thiamine, 10% potassium.