Delicious fruit bowl
Fresh tropical fruit salad in a lemony sugar syrup
A colourful fruit salad of pineapple, apple, pear, grapes, pawpaw, melon balls and fresh lychees, coated in a light lemon syrup just before serving. It's juicy, refreshing and naturally light. Serve it chilled, garnished with mint, on its own or with ice cream.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the fruit
For the syrup
To garnish
Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Dissolve 14 oz caster sugar in 2 cups water in a pan over a medium heat, stirring.
4 minStep 2: Add 3 tbsp lemon or lime juice and 1 lemon or lime rind and boil without stirring for 10 minutes.
10 minStep 3: Remove the lemon strip and leave the syrup to cool completely.
Step 4: Put 1 pineapple, 1 green apple, 1 firm pear, 3 ½ oz green grapes, 3 ½ oz red grapes, 1 pawpaw (papaya), 1 green melon and 8 fresh lychees in a large, attractive bowl. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
30 minStep 5: Just before serving, pour over enough cooled syrup to coat the fruit and mix carefully. Keep leftover syrup in the fridge for another fruit salad.
Step 6: Garnish with mint leaves and serve chilled.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 250 kcal
- Protein
- 2 g
- Carbs
- 62 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does delicious fruit bowl take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 30 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of green apple?
- Pears, same amount.
- What can I use instead of caster sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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