Amish Fruit Slush

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I recently wrote a post about visiting the Amish Country when I was young. Recollecting on those memories and my childhood made me think about one of my favorite recipes. We discovered our recipe for fruit slush in the Amish Country almost 30 years ago. My family has been making slush ever since. It has been the perfect shower, birthday, and holiday recipe.

I love how a recipe that you pick up along the way in life can become a family tradition over time. My grandmother, mom, and I make the slush, and now it is time to pass the tradition on to Lucy. Lucy and I write our family recipes in a blank recipe book (check it out on Amazon) that I bought for her so that Lucy has a record of the recipes as she grows up. By writing down the recipes, Lucy is learning to pass down food history the way that generations before have passed it down to us. We often speak about the traditions and stories of our family, but passing these traditions down through recipes is a way of preserving history as well.

When I pulled the slush recipe from my recipe file, I noticed that it was from the Charm Countryview Inn in Berlin, Ohio. I absolutely want to attribute credit where it is due, so I give the inn credit for this recipe. My grandparents have stayed at Countryview many times, and it is still running and vibrant today. If you are in the Amish Country in Ohio, it would be a fantastic place to stay!

I typically freeze the slush in individual cups so that it is ready to serve about 30 minutes after pulling the mixture from the freezer. However, the slush can definitely be made in a large batch as well. This is a great recipe when you need to prepare a dessert or side ahead of time.  

Amish Fruit Slush

• 2 cups of sugar
• 3 cups of water, boiling  
• 1-12 ounce can of frozen orange juice, undiluted
• 6 bananas
• 1-20 ounce can of crushed pineapple
• 18 ounces of 7-UP

Boil the water and add the sugar.

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Stir the sugar until it dissolves. Add the frozen orange juice, bananas, and pineapple. Stir the mixture until the orange juice is dissolved.

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Add the 7-Up and stir until it all is well mixed. Using a ladle with a pouring rim, (check it out on Amazon) pour the mixture into individual plastic cups or a large plastic container.

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Freeze well. If you are using the individual cups, take them out of the freezer approximately 30 minutes before serving. If you are using a large container to freeze the mixture, thaw it about 1-1.5 hours before serving. You will want the mixture to be in a slushy state to eat.

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With this recipe, you can make many variations with the addition of grapes, fruit cocktail, peaches, mandarin oranges, strawberries, and other soft fruits. Also, I use a water boiler (check it out on Amazon) which is one of my most relied upon kitchen appliances to make the slush. The boiling water touches no plastic and heats up rapidly. I use the water boiler multiple times per day.

Amish slush is a recipe that is near and dear to my heart, and I have never met a person who does not like it. You can fancy up the slush in elegant glasses or eat it out of solo cups, but it is consistently delicious no matter how it’s served!

Charm Countryview Inn
3334 SR (State Route) 557
Baltic, OH 43804
330-893-3003

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