Winter Fruit Salad

Mirj's Note:

This is ideal for when fresh fruit isn't available.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 8 navel oranges
• 2 oranges
• 4 large bananas
• 5 moist dried figs
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2/3 cup sweet red wine
• sugar

Directions:

1. Peel and segment the naval oranges; remove all membrane and chop coarsely.
2. Chop figs.
3. Combine fruits in a large bowl.
4. Slice and add bananas.
5. Squeeze juice from juice oranges and pour over fruit.
6. Stir in raisins, walnuts and wine.
7. Add sugar to taste.

Reviews

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Mirj truly never lets me down! This was so delicious and is actually the first time in my life that I've ever enjoyed figs, believe it or not. This was a cross between fruit salad and a tropical haroset. It is great for this time of year when citrus is just about all that's in season. I used concord grape juice instead of wine and it was still terrific, though I can imagine it being even yummier with wine. I can't wait to enjoy leftovers for lunch today. One critique: The instructions say "Squeeze juice from juice oranges" but there are no "juice oranges" called for in the ingredient list, nor does it let me know if I should be squeezing one of the navel oranges. I found this confusing, as well as the fact that the recipe calls for 8 navel oranges and 2 "oranges". I ended up using 8 navel oranges and 2 mandarin oranges, and squeezing lime juice instead of orange juice over the fruit salad... and it worked wonderfully!