Fruit Salad with Lemon Cinnamon Syrup
This is a sweet fruit salad intended to be served as a low-fat dessert. The syrup is essential; without it, you just have an ordinary fruit salad, for which you probably don't need a recipe! You can vary the fruits to use what you have on hand. This is especially good with strawberries and melon. Bananas might be too overpowering, though.
This is a sweet fruit salad intended to be served as a low-fat dessert. The syrup is essential; without it, you just have an ordinary fruit salad, for which you probably don't need a recipe! You can vary the fruits to use what you have on hand. This is especially good with strawberries and melon. Bananas might be too overpowering, though.
Ingredients
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1 cup white sugar
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½ cup water
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3 1-inch strips of lemon zest
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1 cinnamon stick
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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4 mango, pitted, peeled, and cut into chunks
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4 white peaches, pitted and cut into bite-sized pieces
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2 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
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4 (6 ounce) containers fresh raspberries
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¼ cup finely chopped fresh mint
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
Method
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Place the sugar, water, lemon zest, cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Strain the syrup through a mesh strainer; refrigerate until cold.
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Place the mango, peaches, apple, raspberries, mint, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a mixing bowl. Pour the chilled syrup overtop and gently stir to combine.
