Join me as I make Silvanesti Fruit-Cheese Salad - From Tika’s Cookbook for the first time! This is a recipe from Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home sourcebook, originally released in 1987. The recipes are compiled by Tika Waylan Majere. You can buy Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home here: https://amzn.to/3FOuL2J

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From Tika’s Cookbook

Silvanesti Fruit-Cheese Salad

The tropical nature of many of the ingredientsof this salad suggests that it originates from Istar,the major sea-trading port before the Cataclysm.Elven clerics introduced these fruits to their kinin Silvanesti. Attuned co the land and able toshape it with magical craft, the elves soon learnedto grow these alien fruits in their own soil despitethe cooler climate. Still, since such fruits are relativelyrare, this dish is considered a delicacy.

* 1 small, fresh pineapple (or I canchunks or tidbits)

* 1 large, seedless orange

* 20 (approx.) seedless red or blackgrapes

* 20 (approx.) seedless white or greengrapes

* 1 kiwi fruit

* 1 fresh lemon, or 2 tablespoons juice

* 1 heaping tablespoon soft creamcheese

* 1 pear cut into bite-size pieces(optional)

* 15-20 sweet cherries, pitted andhalved (optional)

Peel, core, and slice pineapple into bite-sizepieces. Use about 1 cup and save the rest (freezefor later use). If using canned pineapple, drainjuice. Peel and section orange. Cut each sectioninto three pieces. Slice grapes in half. Mix pineapple,orange, and grapes with 1 tablespoon ofthe lemon juice until all pieces are covered.

Mix softened cream cheese with remaininglemon juice until smooth. Add to fruit mixture,blending until all pieces are coated.Peel and slice kiwi fruit, using it to garnishedges of salad. Refrigerate at least 2 hours to letflavors meld. Serve cold.

Transcript

Cold Open

Calling this a fruit-cheese salad is like calling Tarsis the center of fresh seafood, post cataclysm. 

Intro

Today I am making Silvanesti Fruit-Cheese Salad from Tika’s Cookbook in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home. If you have made this recipe, share your thoughts in the comments below!

Discussion

This is as basic a fruit salad as you can make, but rather than buy a bunch of canned fruit, and knowing I was headed to a bar-be-que later in the evening, I opted to make it all from scratch. I am fortunate enough to live in a location where I can access all of the fruits, out-of-season. There is of course a premium paid, and all together, buying double the ingredients, I was in sixty bucks before I started filming. That is steep for a fruit salad, so I would highly recommend waiting for ingredients to be in season, growing the ones you can yourself, and substituting the ones that are out of your price range.

This recipe calls for one small, fresh pineapple (or one can chunks or tidbits), one large, seedless orange, twenty (approximately) seedless red of black grapes, twenty (approximately) seedless white or green grapes, one kiwi fruit, one fresh lemon, or two-tablespoons juice, one heaping tablespoon soft cream cheese, one pear cut into bite-size pieces (optional), and fifteen-twenty sweet cherries, pitted and halved (optional).

The recipe instructions actually left out some of the fruit, but one can infer what it was going for based on the fruits it did include.