Breakfast or Brunch Fruit Melange

Name: Breakfast or Brunch Fruit Melange
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons fragrant honey; ¼ cup lemon juice; 1 tablespoon rum; ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon almond extract; 2 medium carambolas (sweet or medium-sweet), 3-4 ounces each; 2 medium carambolas (sweet or medium-sweet), 3-4 ounces each; 2 medium carambolas (sweet or medium-sweet), 3-4 ounces each; 2 pounds soft-textured melon—such as Crenshaw, Canary, honeydew; 2 pounds soft-textured melon—such as Crenshaw, Canary, honeydew; 2 pounds soft-textured melon—such as Crenshaw, Canary, honeydew; 2 pounds soft-textured melon—such as Crenshaw, Canary, honeydew; ½ pound seedless grapes, preferably red; ½ pound seedless grapes, preferably red; 2 medium bananas, or 6 tiny “apple” or “finger” bananas; 2 medium bananas, or 6 tiny “apple” or “finger” bananas; 2 medium bananas, or 6 tiny “apple” or “finger” bananas

Preparation info

6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

About

Carambolas make an eye-catching and refreshing contribution to a straightforward, fresh-tasting assortment of soft fruits.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fragrant honey
¼ cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon</

Breakfast
Vegetarian
Brunch
Gluten-free

Method

Mix together honey, lemon juice, rum, vanilla and almond extract. With swivel peeler remove skin from carambola ribs. Cut fruit across in thin slices (you may want to halve lengthwise, depending on size); toss with honey mixture.
With melon-ball cutter form small balls of the melon flesh and place in serving bowl. Halve grapes and add. Slice bananas and add. Ad