Fresh Fruit In A White Wine Ginger Marinade Recipes

WHITE WINE SANGRIA WITH SUMMER FRUITS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Pour wine into a serving pitcher and squeeze juice from lemon, orange, and lime wedges into wine.
• Add citrus fruit wedges (leaving out seeds, if possible) to serving pitcher.
• Add peach wedges, sliced strawberries, lemonade or limeade, sugar, brandy, and pineapple with juice, if using. Chill overnight to marry flavors.
• Add ginger ale and ice just before serving.

FRESH SUMMER FRUIT IN GINGER-WINE SYRUP

Steps:

• Combine wine, 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, and ginger in medium saucepan. Simmer over medium heat until reduced to 2 cups, about 16 minutes. Cool. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour. Remove and discard ginger.
• Place fruit in large bowl. Add syrup; toss to coat. Cover; chill at least 2 hours and up to 4 hours before serving.

POACHED PEARS IN WHITE WINE AND GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar, water, white wine, lemon rind and ginger. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar.
• Add pears. Poach until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cool pears in poaching liquid. When cooled, set pears aside. Bring poaching liquid to boil and reduce to approximately Z cup. Remove ginger and reserve. Discard lemon rind.
• Add 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier and blend.
• Sweeten whipped cream with 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier.
• Place pears on four serving plates. Pour sauce over and sprinkle with reserved ginger. Serve with whipped cream mixture.

HOMEMADE PICKLED GINGER (GARI)

Steps:

• Cut the ginger into chunks and place them into a bowl. Sprinkle with sea salt, stir to coat and let stand for about 30 minutes. Transfer the ginger to a clean jar.
• In a saucepan, stir together the rice vinegar and sugar until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil, then pour the boiling liquid over the ginger root pieces in the jar.
• Allow the mixture to cool, then put the lid on the jar and store in the refrigerator for at least one week. You will see that the liquid will change to slightly pinkish in few minutes. Don't be alarmed because it's the reaction of rice vinegar that causes the change. Only quality rice vinegar can do that! Some commercial pickled ginger has red coloring added. Cut pieces of ginger into paper thin slices for serving.

GINGERED WINTER FRUIT AMBROSIA

Steps:

• Whisk together the lime juice, honey or agave nectar and ginger in a small bowl.
• Cut away the peel and white pith from the grapefruit. The easiest way to do this is to cut the ends off, then stand on one end and cut away strips of skin and pith at the same time. Hold the grapefruit over your serving bowl and cut the sections away from the membranes that separate them. Place in the bowl.
• Peel, core and dice the pears. Add to the grapefruit. Add the grapes, dates, pomegranate seeds and chia seeds. Stir the lime-ginger marinade and toss with the fruit. Chill for 30 minutes or longer and toss again.
• Sprinkle the coconut over the top and serve.