Fruit Exotica Recipes

EXOTIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and Chinese 5-spice powder; adjust to taste, adding more or less ingredients. Add mangoes and raspberries and toss together.
• Just before serving arrange kiwis in a circle on outside edge of each of 4 dessert plates, arrange an inside circle of banana slices overlapping kiwis, leaving a space in center of dessert plate. Spoon macerated raspberries and mangoes in the middle; dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with mint leaves.

EXOTIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Place the mandarin oranges, with their syrup, in a medium-size saucepan. Add the Champagne and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the mixture has reduced to about 1 cup. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Place the cooled mixture in a blender, and process until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, honey, and poppy seeds.
• Toss the prepared fruit together in a large bowl, and pour the dressing over the fruit. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Decorate the fruit salad with flaked coconut or chopped nuts, and serve.

FRUIT EXOTICA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together orange juice and the following four ingredients with a spoon. Set aside.
• Add prepared fruit to dressing and toss thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Serve on leaf lettuce as a salad.
• OR top slices of pound cake or fill a crepe for dessert.