What is Southern ambrosia salad?

Fruit with coconut and marshmallows

Fruit Desserts Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

Auguste Escoffier created peach Melba at London's Savoy Hotel to honor opera singer Nellie Melba, and this fruit desserts quiz explores sweets built on fruit. Watch bananas Foster flambéed at Brennan's in New Orleans, and taste summer pudding, apple strudel, cherry clafoutis and the poached pears of France.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Melba
Who was peach Melba named after?
Escoffier
Where did Escoffier create peach Melba?
Foster
Which New Orleans restaurant created bananas Foster?
Clafoutis
Which fruit is traditional in French clafoutis?
Summer pudding
What holds a British summer pudding together?
Strudel
Which fruit fills a classic Viennese strudel?
Poached
What are pears often poached in?
Mango sticky rice
Which country is famous for mango sticky rice?
Crisp
What topping makes an apple crisp?
Ambrosia
What is Southern ambrosia salad?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who was peach Melba named after?
Answer: Opera singer Nellie Melba
Escoffier created it.
Q2: Where did Escoffier create peach Melba?
Answer: The Savoy Hotel, London
It paired peaches and raspberry sauce.
Q3: Which New Orleans restaurant created bananas Foster?
Answer: Brennan's
It is flambéed at the table.
Q4: Which fruit is traditional in French clafoutis?
Answer: Cherries
Pits are often left in.
Q5: What holds a British summer pudding together?
Answer: Bread soaked in berry juice
It is pressed overnight.
Q6: Which fruit fills a classic Viennese strudel?
Answer: Apples
Raisins and cinnamon too.
Q7: What are pears often poached in?
Answer: Red wine
Belle Hélène adds chocolate.
Q8: Which country is famous for mango sticky rice?
Answer: Thailand
Coconut milk is poured over.
Q9: What topping makes an apple crisp?
Answer: Oats, butter and sugar
It is related to crumble.
Q10: What is Southern ambrosia salad?
Answer: Fruit with coconut and marshmallows
It is served at holidays.

Fruit Desserts Quiz – Desserts Starring Fruit

Fruit desserts celebrate the seasons, from summer berries to autumn apples and winter citrus. Chefs and home cooks have created countless ways to bake, poach, flambé and chill fruit into sweet dishes.

Some fruit desserts honor famous people. Auguste Escoffier created peach Melba at London's Savoy Hotel for opera singer Nellie Melba, and Pears Belle Hélène was named after an operetta. Bananas Foster was created at Brennan's in New Orleans.

Classic fruit desserts include France's cherry clafoutis, Britain's summer pudding, Vienna's apple strudel and Thailand's mango sticky rice. Crisps, crumbles and Southern ambrosia show how fruit inspires comfort food everywhere.

What This Quiz Teaches

Dessert lovers and home cooks will enjoy these questions.

Who peach Melba honored
Where bananas Foster began
What clafoutis uses
What summer pudding is
Which fruit desserts are Asian

Did You Know?

Eton mess uses strawberries.
Tarte aux pommes is French apple tart.
Rote Grütze is a German berry pudding.
Fruit fools mix fruit and cream.
Baked apples are a winter classic.