Name: Fruit salad in spiced syrup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup (375ml) water; 1 cup (220g) caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped; 1 cinnamon stick; 6 cardamom pods, slightly crushed; 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cubed; 1/2 large pawpaw, peeled, seeded and cubed; 1/2 rockmelon, peeled, seeded and cubed; 1/4 small watermelon, peeled and cubed

Fruit salad in spiced syrup

Serves 8

Prep

30M

Cook

Total

35M

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cup (375ml) water

1 cup (220g) caster sugar

1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped

1 cinnamon stick

6 cardamom pods, slightly crushed

1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cubed

1/2 large pawpaw, peeled, seeded and cubed

1/2 rockmelon, peeled, seeded and cubed

1/4 small watermelon, peeled and cubed

Method

1.Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat, until sugar has completely dissolved.

2.Add vanilla pod and seeds, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods. Bring to boil without stirring. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat and cool. Remove vanilla pod, cinnamon stick and cardamom pods.

3.Place all fruit into a large shallow dish. Pour over cooled syrup. Cover and chill for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, before serving.

Other fruit can be used in this recipe. Try cherries, plums, nectarines, apricots, mangoes or lychees.
Note

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