Carse of Gowrie Fruit Salad

Mille®'s Note:

This is a very superior fruit salad from Scotland, to be made at the height of summer with all the most delicate of bush and tree fruits, together with a few old faithfuls, such as bananas.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

SYRUP

• 1/2 lb sugar
• 10 fluid ounces water
• 3 1/2 fluid ounces red wine
• 1 lemon, juice only
• 1 dash sherry wine

FRUIT

• 2 fresh peaches
• 2 fresh apricots
• 1 orange
• 2 bananas
• 1/4 lb raspberries
• 1/4 lb strawberry
• 1/4 lb cherries
• heavy cream, whipped (optional)

Directions:

1. Put the sugar, water and wine in a small saucepan, bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.
2. Allow to cool, and then pour this syrup into a bowl and stir in the lemon juice and sherry.
3. Dip the peaches and apricots very briefly in boiling water and then skin them carefully.
4. Slice them and put them immediately into the syrup.
5. Pare the skin and pith from the orange with a sharp knife and cut it into slices, catching the juice on a plate.
6. Put the orange slices and juice into the salad.
7. Slice the bananas and add them too.
8. Lastly put in the raspberries, strawberries, and cherries, halved and stoned.
9. Spoon some of the liquid over the fruit and chill thoroughly before serving with or without whipped cream.

Reviews

[Heather1114]

Absolutely divine! I over-stocked on fruit on my last grocery shopping trip, so I was looking for a good recipe to make good use of it. Glad I discovered this one .. it's a keeper!