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Cool Cantaloupe Slices




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Recipe Introduction


This weeks Pasta House Blue Ribbon Cook is Johanna Grimoldi, who thinks this recipe is fantastic for patio parties or as a refreshing dessert


2 medium cantaloupe...cut a thin slice
on one end of each cantaloupe, so it stands upright...
slice other end until seeds are exposed...scoop out the seeds. Stand upright in the freezer 3 hrs until cavity is slightly icy...

in a small bowl, beat ..
8 oz cream cheese until smooth...
add 2 Tab syrup from..
15 oz can pitted dark sweet cherries
..drain the cherries..

beat cream cheese and syrup until fluffy...stir in cherries and
1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds..

fill each cavity with mixture...
freeze about 3 hours until filling is hardened..
just before serving, cut each cantaloupe crosswise in 4 slices. Serves 8