Winter fruit salad
HB-4606 · Hand-built original · British
Dried fruit simmered with honey and vanilla, infused with Earl Grey tea and chilled.
Main ingredient: fruit
Pairs well with: coffee, orange juice, fresh fruit, toast
Ingredients
- 21¼ oz good-quality ready-to-eat dried fruit, such as prunes, pears, apricots, figs cranberries
- 3 tbsp clear honey
- 1 vanilla pod split lengthways
- 1 Earl Grey tea bag
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- mascarpone or Greek yogurt, to serve
Method
- Put the dried fruit and 3 cups cold water in a large saucepan; add the honey and the vanilla pod, scraping the seeds into the pan.
- Bring to a boil; stir well, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, until slightly syrupy.
- Remove from the heat; stir in the tea bag and infuse for 10 minutes.
- Discard the tea bag and vanilla pod; tip the fruit and liquid into a non-metallic bowl and stir in the lemon juice.
- Cool, cover and chill; serve with mascarpone or Greek yogurt.
Prep: 20 min · Cook: 10 min · Total: 30 min