Cold Desserts Recipes - Winter Fruit Salad

 

Ingredients

• 227g pineapple cubes in fruit juice

• 200ml freshly squeezed orange juice

• 200ml apple juice

• 30ml orange or apple liqueur

• 30ml  clear honey (optional)

• 2 oranges, peeled

• 2 green-skinned eating apples, chopped

• 2 pears, chopped

• 4 plums, stoned and chopped

• 12 fresh dates, stoned and chopped

• 115g ready to eat dried apricots

• fresh mint sprigs, to decorate

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Method:

1. Drain the pineapple, reserving the juice. Put the pineapple juice, orange juice, apple juice, liqueur and honey, if using, in a large serving bowl and stir.

2. Segment the oranges, catching any juice in the bowl, and put the orange segments and pineapple in the fruit juice mixture.

3. Add the apples and pears to the bowl.

4. Stir in the plums, dates and apricots, cover and chill for several hours. Decorate with fresh mint sprigs to serve.

5. Cook's Tip: Use other unsweetened fruit juices such as pink grapefruit mid pineapple juice in place of the orange and apple juice.