Fruit Salad with Lemon-Cinnamon Syrup

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Description

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

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 3 1-inch strips of lemon zest
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 4 mango, pitted, peeled, and cut into chunks
  • 4 white peaches, pitted and cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored, and sliced
  • 4 (6 ounce) containers fresh raspberries
  • ¼ cup finely chopped fresh mint
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Place the sugar
  2. water
  3. lemon zest
  4. cinnamon
  5. 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.
  6. Place the mango
  7. peaches
  8. apple
  9. raspberries
  10. mint
  11. and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a mixing bowl. Pour the chilled syrup overtop and gently stir to combine.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 12

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