Tropical Fruit Salad
Tropical Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 10 kumquats, thinly sliced and seeded
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 cup (250 ml) water
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) sugar
- 10 allspice berries, whole
- 1 cinnamon stick
- The juice of 1 orange
- The juice of 1 lime
- 1 mango, peeled and cubed
- 1 cup (250 ml) fresh pineapple, peeled and cubed
- 2 kiwis, peeled and cubed
- The seeds of 1 pomegranate
- 1 star fruit, thinly sliced
- 12 fresh lychees, peeled, pitted and quartered
Instructions
- In a small saucepan of boiling water, blanch the kumquats for 5 minutes. Drain, discard the water and place the kumquats back in the pan.
- Split the vanilla bean in half. With the tip of a knife, scrape the seeds and place the seeds and pod into the saucepan.
- Add the water, sugar, allspice, cinnamon and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes, then pour the syrup into a bowl. Let cool and refrigerate for 1 hour. Add the orange and lime juice. Remove the spices.
- Pour the syrup over the fruit salad and refrigerate until serving.
Tropical Fruit Salad