Winter Fruit Salad

Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(5)

Prep Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
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Total:: 30 min

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Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
1 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped out
1 lemon
5 large navel or blood oranges
2 mangoes, peeled and diced
2 firm bananas, peeled and diced
5 kiwis, peeled and diced
12 kumquats, very thinly sliced crosswise, seeds removed
1 cup pomegranate seeds (from 1 pomegranate)

Directions

Combine the sugar, 2 cups water, the ginger and vanilla seeds and pod in a saucepan. Use a vegetable peeler to remove wide strips of zest from the lemon and 1 orange, add to the saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer 5 minutes. Refrigerate until cold.

Meanwhile, peel the remaining oranges with a paring knife, cutting along the natural curve of the fruit. Hold an orange over a large bowl and cut along both sides of each membrane to free the segments, letting them fall into the bowl. Squeeze each empty membrane to release the juices. Repeat with the remaining oranges. Add the mangoes, bananas, kiwis, kumquats and pomegranate seeds and gently toss. Pour the syrup over the fruit and chill overnight.

Before serving, remove the citrus zest, ginger and vanilla pod. Spoon the fruit and syrup into bowls.

To remove pomegranate seeds, cut the fruit into quarters, then break apart in a bowl of water. Skim off the pith that floats to the top and drain the seeds. [text from red button on page 138]

Photograph by Con Poulos

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Comments & Reviews

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Melodie St. Paul, MN 01-12-2010
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Beautiful and delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is such a great recipe to bring to holiday meals and potlucks when everything else tends to be heavy and fatty. I used... all organic fruit in it, and I really think that makes a difference. I also used a couple red grapefruit to sub for a few of the navel oranges to add more flavors and more color. The flavors in this salad are wonderfully fresh and bright and it looks so beautiful in a cut glass bowl. The prep time is a little long and cumbersome, but on the up side you can make it the night before and not have to worry about it at the last minute. I definitely think it is worth the time and effort!Read more
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Aprille Gurnee, IL 01-11-2010
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Cumbersome prep time
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Great flavor and impressive presentation, however, took over an hour to prepare. Segmenting all the fruit, getting the... pomegranate seeds, getting all the seeds out of the little cumquats, peeling the kiwi and mango. . . I would offer that you allow the simple sugar mixture to infuse all day and then strain prior to pouring over fruit mixture to sit overnight. Very difficult to pull out the zest, pod and ginger once mixed with all the fruit. We added blueberries last minute to add some more color too.Read more
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Sandra Apex, NC 01-07-2010
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Sorry but we did not enjoy it
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I am an avid fan of FN and no recipe has ever disappointed me. Sad to say this one did.
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lauren lexington, KY 12-28-2009
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The best fruit salad.. period!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love this recipe-- at our office christmas "potluck" I was assigned a fruit or vegetable tray and decided to change up the... usual fruit tray for a winter fruit salad (if I could find it) and this was the recipe I came across... Everyone loved it! It looks beautiful, smells amazing, and the flavors are divine! People are still raving about the incredible fruit salad I brought.. I used navel oranges and had a little difficulty getting them segmented perfectly, but it looked phenomenally anyways! Thanks Food Network Magazine for a wonderful holiday surprise!Read more
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Julie Cape Girardeau, MO 12-27-2009
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excellant
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

The syrup flavor is great. Visual appeal is wonderful. I have made the salad 3 times over the holidays and had several... requests for the recipe. I subsituted grapes instead of kumquats as they are not available in my area. I did remove the citrus zest, ginger and vanilla pod before pouring syrup over fruit as was difficult after it was mixed in fruit.Read more