*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Valentine Ring Around

Recipe By     : Country Folk Art Magazine, February 1993
Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Salads                           Fruit

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1 1/2  cups          cottage cheese, creamed
   6      ounces        cream cheese
   1      teaspoon      unflavored gelatin
     1/4  cup           cold water
   3      cups          seedless green grapes -- halved
     1/2  cup           pecans -- chopped
   2      tablespoons   fresh chives -- or freeze-dried
   1      cup           whipping cream
   1 1/2  cups          water
   3      ounces        cherry gelatin powder
                        --or raspberry

Process the cottage cheese and cream cheese in a blender or food processor until smooth.  Put into a mixing bowl. Soften the unflavored gelatin in the cold water.  Heat for 30 seconds in a microwave on 100 percent power or dissolve over hot water.  Stir the gelatin mixture into the cheese mixture.  Add the grapes, pecans and chives.  Whip the cream.  Fold the whipped cream into the salad mixture.  Pour
into an oiled 5 or 6-cup mold or individual molds. Bring the 1 1/2 cups water to a boil.  Dissolve the flavored
gelatin in the boiling water.  Pour into a lightly oiled 9-inch square pan.  Chill to set. Unmold the salad mixture on a serving plate.  When the red gelatin is firm, cut out hearts with a cookie cutter.  To remove the first cutout, slit a piece of gelatin between the
designs and pull out the scraps; lift the cutout with a spatula.  Serve on top of the unmolded salad.  Garnish with green grape clusters and salad greens. 

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