Fresh Fruit Salad

Serves 4 Prep 40 min Cook 10 min

Ingredients

  • 1 mango, peeled, stone removed, flesh chopped
  • 225g/8oz black seedless grapes, washed and patted dry
  • 100g/4oz caster sugar
  • 300ml/½ pint water
  • 150ml/¼ pint medium-dry white wine
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons orange liqueur or orange juice
  • 2 sprigs of mint
  • 2 oranges, peeled and sliced
  • 375g/12oz strawberries, hulled and halved

Method

  1. Place 300ml/½ pint water in a pan or wok with the sugar and wine. Heat gently, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
  2. Off the heat, stir in the lemon juice, orange liqueur or juice and mint sprig. Allow to cool and stand for 30 minutes.
  3. Peel and slice the oranges. Hull and halve the strawberries. Peel the mango, cut out the stone and chop the flesh. Wash the grapes and pat dry.
  4. Pour the syrup into a bowl and add the fruit. Cover and chill or serve immediately with a mint sprig garnish.

Notes

Allow syrup to cool and stand for 30 minutes before adding fruit. Serve chilled or immediately with a mint sprig garnish.