Title: Molded Sweet Cherry Salad
Categories: Salad Dessert Fruit Southern
Yield: 2 Servings

2	c	Cherries, sweet; drained and juice reserved
		Water; boiling
3	oz	Gelatin, cherry-flavored
8		Olives, stuffed; chopped
1	c	Almonds; toasted, shredded
		Lettuce, crisp
		Mayonnaise

Measure separately the reserved cherry juice and enough boiling water to make 2 cups liquid, but do not combine. Dissolve gelatin in the boiling water; then add cherry juice. Chill until thick and syrupy. fold cherries, chopped olives, and almonds into the slightly thickened gelatin. Pour into 5 cup mold and chill until firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce and garnish with mayonnaise.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, January 1973. Typos by Nancy Coleman.

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