Spiced Winter Fruit Salad
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings (4 cups)
- Total: 1 hr 25 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Inactive: 1 hr
- Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
Fruit:
2 grapefruits
2 navel oranges
1 cup red grapes, halved
1 pomegranate, peeled and broken into pips
2 bananas
Syrup:
14 cup honey
1/4 cup water
1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped
3 coin-size pieces fresh peeled ginger
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise (optional)
Directions
- For the fruit: Cut the grapefruits and oranges into segments over a large bowl, and squeeze the remaining juice from the inner membrane. Gently toss the segments with the grapes and pomegranate pips and grapes. Peel, slice, and toss in the bananas.
- For the syrup: Stir together the honey, water, vanilla bean pod and seeds, ginger, cinnamon, and star anise, if using, in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, and then pour over the fruit. Remove the star anise, set aside for about 1 hour for the flavors to come together. Serve.