Curried Fruit Bake
Curried Fruit Bake is a sensational side dish. It’s colorful and luscious especially along side ham, turkey, chicken or pork. I used to spend time scoring a ham and adding cloves, pineapple, and glaze to it. When I serve my ham with curried fruit, all of that prep on the ham isn’t really necessary.
Curried Fruit Bake
The key to making Curried Fruit Bake successful, is draining the fruit really well. I actually let my fruit sit in a colander in the sink for a couple of hours while I’m doing other things. Then all you have to do is cut the fruit into bite size pieces, layer it in a 9×13″ baking pan, make the sauce and pour it over the top.
This can all be done the day before you’d like to serve it. Just cover and chill it in the refrigerator. I’d suggest you bring it back to room temperature before you place it in the oven or add some extra bake time to it to make sure it gets bubbly and lightly brown around the edges.
Here’s all you need to make it.
I like to drain my pineapple chunks separately and save the juice for something else. I drain the peaches, pears, and apricots in a big colander. After a couple of hours, I spray my casserole dish with some non-stick spray and then layer the fruit.
Next melt the butter, then add curry powder, cornstarch and brown sugar. Stir over medium heat until the sauce becomes thick and bubbly.
Spoon the sauce over the fruit and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour uncovered.
The fruit will caramelize and be light brown around the edges after baking.
Try this with a Christmas or Easter ham. It’s wonderful with pork or poultry too.
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Curried Fruit Bake is a perfect accompaniment to holiday hams, turkey, chicken, or pork tenderloins too. It's colorful and pungent with a beautiful caramelized curry sauce.
Author: Renée
Recipe type: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Serves: 18 servings
Ingredients
- 1 large can pears
- 1 large can peaches
- 1 large can apricots
- 2 cans pineapple chunks
- 15 maraschino cherries, halves
- ½ cup melted butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1-1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Drain all of the canned fruit for very well.
- Cut in large chunks and layer in a 9 x 13 casserole dish. Place cherries on top.
- Combine butter, brown sugar, curry powder, and cornstarch.
- Pour sauce over fruit and bake at 350 for 1 hour uncovered.
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I must try the curried fruit recipe, it was beautiful alongside the ham! We had a very untraditional Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt with our older Grandsons and it was fun! Then after dinner we played a version of Jeporady with family history and ‘facts’…really lots of fun! You little redheads are so cute…
My husband was working and my son and I just went out to eat. This fruit looks really good. I know your family must love coming to your house for holidays.
Oh, yes! It is just not right to skip on dyed egg at Easter (I don’t even like hard boiled eggs). Your guy did a great job!
The curried fruit sounds perfect! Yum!
Precious little ones to share the day with. I always thought I might had named a baby boy Samuel if I had one. Love the name but alas, no baby boys for me. Grandsons, but I didn’t have much say in choosing their names 🙂
I’ll have to try this one! Looks good. Our kids were at the on-laws this year so it was quiet here and it snowed for two days! Ugh! ;D
So you serve it right on the ham? That looks really delicious. What I really like is the way it can basically be kept on hold in the pantry. I love it when I can hoard ingredients like that.
Wow Gnee, I have never had this dish before! It looks delicious! Glad you had a nice day with your family!
Thanks for sharing this recipe, and I always enjoy seeing family photos, especially making memories.
Sue
No kids here and I colored Easter eggs last year. We were gone or I would have done it again this year. I love to color eggs.
The kids are such cuties! The fruit looks perfect for the Easter ham.
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What adorable gkids! We always color eggs, kids here or not. You just have to!
Hope you had a glorious Easter!
What precious smiles you captured. They are priceless. ~ Sarah
Your grandsons are adorable. I am printing out this recipe for the next time we have ham! Sounds wonderful, thanks!!! XO, Pinky
You have me drooling!!! Your food looks DIVINE!!
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Can I make this ahead of time? Do I serve it warm?
Yes you can make this ahead of time and yes, do serve it warm!
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