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Tropical Fruit Kebabs with Lime Cream

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Try these as appetizers, as a salad (on a bed of greens) or as a light dessert.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 8

Ingredients

1 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
1 ripe papaya, peeled, halved, seeded
1/2 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored
3 large bananas, peeled
8 12-inch-long bamboo skewers

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine sour cream, 2 tablespoons lime juice, sugar and lime peel in small bowl. Cover and refrigerate lime cream.

    Step 2

    Cut papaya into twenty-four 1-inch pieces. Cut pineapple into twenty-four 1-inch pieces. Cut each banana crosswise into 8 pieces and place in small bowl. Toss with remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice. Alternate fruit on skewers. Arrange on platter. (Fruit skewers can be prepared 1 hour ahead. Cover and chill.) Serve with lime cream.

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