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Red Fruit Salad
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Ingredients
225g/8oz/ 1 cup raspberries or blackberries
50g/2oz/¼ cup redcurrants or blackcurrants
30-60ml/2-4 tbsp sugar
8 ripe plums
8 ripe apricots
225g/8oz/ 1 cup seedless grapes
115g/4oz/½ cup strawberries
Details
Serves: 8
Method
Mix the berries and currants with 30ml/2 tbsp sugar. Stone the plums and apricots, cut them into pieces and put half of them into a pan with all of the berries.
Cook over a very low heat with about 45ml/3 tbsp water, or in a bowl with no water in the microwave, until the fruit is just beginning to soften and the juices are starting to run.
Leave to cool slightly and then add the reserved plums and apricots, and the grapes. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar if the fruit is too tart. Leave the fruit salad to cool, cover and chill overnight if necessary.
Just before serving, transfer the fruit to a serving bowl. Slice the strawberries and arrange them over the fruit in the bowl.
Cook over a very low heat with about 45ml/3 tbsp water, or in a bowl with no water in the microwave, until the fruit is just beginning to soften and the juices are starting to run.
Leave to cool slightly and then add the reserved plums and apricots, and the grapes. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar if the fruit is too tart. Leave the fruit salad to cool, cover and chill overnight if necessary.
Just before serving, transfer the fruit to a serving bowl. Slice the strawberries and arrange them over the fruit in the bowl.
Cook’s Tip:- The juices from lightly cooked berries make a brilliant red coating, so make this delicious fruit salad the day before you need it. Serve with Creek-style yogurt, fresh cream, crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.
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