Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Exotic Fruit Salad With Aromatic Syrup

Ingredients

  • 1 mango, peeled and cubed
  • 1 pineapple, peeled and cubed
  • 2 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
  • 1 punnet strawberries, hulled and halved
  • 1 tin lychees, drained
  • 2 star fruit, sliced
  • 500 ml greek yoghurt to serve
  • 2 tblsp finely chopped mint, to serve
  • aromatic syrup:
  • 350 g caster sugar
  • 300 ml fresh orange juice
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 inch of ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 2 cardamom pods, bruised
  • 2 cinnamon sticks

 

Method

  1. Boil all the syrup ingredients together until thick and syrupy, be careful not to boil over.
  2. Allow to infuse for 10 minutes.
  3. Pour warm syrup over the fruit and serve with Greek yoghurt and fresh mint.