Fruit salad with lemon and mint syrup
5
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 20 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 5 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Liven up fruit salad with a lemony, minty syrup. Top with vanilla yoghurt for a delicious dessert
Ingredients
Caster sugar
¼ cup(s), (55g)
Fresh lemon rind
1 tsp, finely grated
Lemon juice
2 tbs
Fresh mint
½ cup(s), coarsely chopped
Rockmelon or cantaloupe
850 g, coarsely chopped
Pineapple
500 g, coarsely chopped
Kiwifruit
2 medium, coarsely chopped
Fresh strawberries
250 g, quartered
Vanilla yoghurt, 99% fat-free, no added sugar
300 g
Instructions
1
Combine sugar, rind, juice and 12 cup (125ml) water in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring to the boil. Boil for 3−4 minutes or until thickened slightly. Cool. Stir in mint.
2
Place rockmelon, pineapple, kiwifruit and strawberries in a large bowl. Pour cooled syrup over fruit, gently stiring to combine, then cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3
Spoon fruit salad into serving glasses. Serve topped with yoghurt.
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