Sacramento Fruit Bowl
This fruity delicious dish is made with pineapple, honeydew melon, cantalope and nectarines.
Ingredients
2 | cups |
water
|
|
1 ½ | cup |
sugar
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|
3 | tablespoons |
lemon juice
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|
2 | tablespoons |
star anise
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|
½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
1 | each |
pineapple
|
|
1 | each |
honeydew melon
|
* |
1 | each |
cantaloupe
|
* |
2 | each |
oranges
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|
2 | each |
nectarines
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|
2 | each |
plums
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* |
½ | pound |
grapes, seedless
seedless |
|
2 | each |
kiwi fruit
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Directions
In 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, cook water, sugar, lemon juice, anise seeds and salt for 15 minutes, or until mixture becomes a light syrup. Refrigerate until syrup cools. Meanwhile, remove peel from pineapple, honeydew melon, cantalope. Cut pulp from pineapple and melons into bite-size chunks. Peel and section oranges. Slice nectarines and plums into wedges; do not peel. Slice grapes in half.
In large bowl, combine fruits. Pour chilled syrup through strainer over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, stirring occasionally.
TO SERVE: Peel and slice kiwi. Gently stir into the fruit mixture.
ohio
over 10 years ago
made this many times in past years and is absolutely wonderful!!!. lost my recipe and just found it again. plan to make it many more times. DELICIOUS!!!!