Pineapple Salad with Grapes a la Princess / Salade d’Ananas aux Raisins a la Princesse

Step 1. peel them. For decoration cut one of the pineapples in halves, then cut it in quarters, cut each quarter in three, and cut them all in

Step 2. halves across, making twenty-four pieces. The other pineapple cut in halves, cut away all the hard part, then slice it in thin slices

Step 3. and cut it in strips [Julienne style]; take a head of lettuce that has

Step 4. been left in ice-water to become crisp; select the best leaves for

Step 5. decoration of the platter, the rest cut in strips the same as the

Step 6. pineapple [Julienne style]; mix pineapples and lettuce together,

Step 7. also the green grapes that first have been dipped in hot water

Step 8. and the skin removed; cut each grape in six lengthwise; mix it all

Step 9. together and add to it two tablespoons of thick, well-seasoned

Step 10. mayonnaise dressing. Dress the platter with the lettuce leaves

Step 11. and in the center put the salad, forming it high the shape of a

Step 12. pyramid; coat it heavily with mayonnaise dressing and decorate

Step 13. all around with the pieces of pineapples, with the wide end in

Step 14. and the point out. Decorate each with some orange glaze

Step 15. put in a paper bag that holds a very small tube; in the center

Step 16. of the salad put the small heart of the lettuce and make four

Step 17. large daisies of truffles with a yellow center, one opposite the

Step 18. other. Put water on the stove with salt and baking soda and when boiling dip the tops of the pineapples in it to bring out the green.

Step 19. When cold pick it apart, one leaf from the other, and take out

Step 20. twenty-four of the prettiest and greenest leaves; put them in between each piece of pineapple.