1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Sherry wine
2 tablespoons Madeira
Fruit desired

Arrange alternate layers sliced fruit, using pineapple, bananas, oranges, grapes, etc.

Over this pour wine dressing prepared by mixing wines and sugar thoroughly.

Serve cold.

This recipe was first published in the cookbook entitled, "Specialita Culinarie Italiane 137 Tested Recipes of Famous Italian Foods, Sold for the benefit of North Bennet's Industrial Training & Social Service Work in the North End of Boston." It was published in Boston, Ma. in 1937. The entire cookbook is available on line for free at "pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view." Image taken from the New York Public Digital Library #1704737.

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