Filipino Fruit Salad

5 from 4 votes

Filipino fruit salad is very quick and easy to make. The listed time below accounts for 30 minutes draining and 4 hours chilling. Otherwise, it only takes about 5 minutes to whip together.

Prep Time35

Chill Time4

Total Time4 35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Filipino

Servings:

Author: Maryanne Cabrera

Ingredients

2- 30 oz can mixed fruit cocktail in heavy syrup *
1- 15 oz can shredded young coconut (young buko in syrup)*
1- 8 oz can (225 g) table cream (also called Nestle Cream or all-purpose cream)
½- 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk (7 oz, 198 grams, or ½ cup + 2 Tbsp)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch kosher salt

Instructions

Set strainer over large bowl. Pour mixed fruit cocktail and canned coconut into strainer. Drain and discard the sugary liquid. Keep strainer/colander over bowl and continue to drain fruit for at least 30 minutes up to 1 hour. This can be done at room temperature or loosely covered in the fridge, for up to 24 hours.
In a large bowl, whisk table cream to remove any lumps. Add sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and salt. Whisk until well combined.
Fold in drained fruit mixture until thoroughly coated with cream mixture. Cover and keep chilled in the fridge for at least 4 hours, ideally overnight.
Stir before serving. Serve chilled. Garnish with maraschino cherries, if desired.

Notes

Ingredient Notes:

Use any mixture of canned fruit. Most commonly used versions: Fruit Cocktail, Tropical Fruit Salad, pineapple tidbits, sliced peaches, mandarin oranges, or Del Monte's Fiesta Fruit which mixes together pineapple, papaya, nata de coco, and cherries.
Other popular mix-ins include: coconut gel (nata de coco), gelatinous coconut string (macapuno), shredded apple, or halved fresh grapes.
Shredded young coconut is available frozen, canned, or fresh. The frozen version is sold in one pound (16 oz or 464 g) packages. The frozen version is often sweetened with sugar. Simply defrost and drain with the fruit salad. You can use half the package (8 oz), or use the entire package for more coconut flavor.

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