Dried Fruit Salad With Summer Berries -

Dried Fruit Salad With Summer Berries

This is a wonderful combination of fresh and dried fruit and, if you use frozen raspberries or blackberries in the out-of-season winter months, the salad can be made throughout the year. Served with a nutty muesli, it makes a delicious - and calcium rich - breakfast dish.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz/½ cup dried apricots
115 g/4 oz/½ cup dried peaches
1 fresh pear
1 fresh apple
1 fresh orange
115 g/4 oz/⅔ cup mixed raspberries and blackberries
1 cinnamon stick
50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster sugar
15 ml/1 tablespoon clear honey
30 ml/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Details

Serves: 4

Method

Soak the apricots and peaches in water for 1-2 hours until plump, then drain and halve or quarter.

Peel and core the pear and apple and cut into cubes. Peel the orange with a sharp knife, removing all the pith, and cut into wedges. Place all the fruit in a large saucepan with the raspberries and blackberries.

Add 600 ml/1 pint/2½ cups water, the cinnamon, sugar and honey.

Bring to the boil, then cover the pan and simmer very gently for 10-12 minutes until the fruit is just tender, stirring occasionally.

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Allow to cool, then pour the fruit salad into a serving bowl and chill for 1-2 hours before serving.

NUTRITION NOTES Per portion:- Energy 190kcals/811kj, Protein 2.1g, Fat 0.4g, Saturated Fat 0, Carbohydrate 47.4g, Fibre 5.1g,
Sugars 47.4g, Calcium 50mg

Related food category:

• Desserts and Bakes