Green Fruit Salad

Name: Green Fruit Salad
Yield: Serves Four to Six
Ingredients: 1 kg/2 lb any green fruit, e.g. melon, cut into chunks or scooped into balls; green grapes, halved and seeded; 1 kg/2 lb any green fruit, e.g. melon, cut into chunks or scooped into balls; green apples, sliced with the skin left on Kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberries), sliced; greengages, split and stoned; green apples, sliced with the skin left on Kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberries), sliced; green apples, sliced with the skin left on Kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberries), sliced; 175 g/6 oz granulated sugar; 450 ml/¾ pint water; 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

This fruit salad is particularly good served with a ginger syllabub mixture instead of whipped cream. If it is served on its own, a dash of Kirsch in the syrup is good.

Ingredients

1 kg/2 lb any green fruit, e.g. melon, cut into chunks or scooped into balls
green grapes, halved and seeded

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Make the syrup first. Put the sugar and water together in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. Once the sugar has melted, boil the syrup rapidly until it feels slightly tacky when tested between finger and thumb. Add the lemon juice and allow it to cool. Prepare the fruit, dropping it straight into the syrup to prevent discoloration. Chill well before serving.