Fresh Fruit Fireworks

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 tablespoons plain nonfat yogurt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups fresh fruit puree (two colors -- 1/4 cup each of mango or papaya and raspberry are the most colorful)
• 6 cups assorted seasonal fresh fruit, sliced in different shapes (melon balls, wedges of citrus, slivers of peach, whole grapes)

Recipe

• 1 to make the pastry cream, blend all of the ingredients in a food processor with a metal blade until satin smooth.
• 2 refrigerate in a tightly covered container until thoroughly chilled.
• 3 to make the desserts, place 2 tbsps.
• 4 of each color puree on each of 8 large round plates, preferably .
• 5 spread the puree out in an interesting pattern with the back of a spoon.
• 6 arrange 3/4 c.
• 7 of the various fruits in an pattern on the top of the puree, creating a work of art on each plate.
• 8 decorate the fruit with the chilled pastry cream.
• 9 for a truly exciting treat, use a pastry bag and pipe squiggles, swirls and rosettes onto the fruit.