Name: Winter fruit salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 strip lemon peel; 2 star anise; 1 vanilla bean pod, split, seeds scraped; 3 pears (or apples), peeled, cored, sliced; 1 seedless mandarin, segments separated; 8 dried apricots, halved; 1 cup frozen raspberries; thick yoghurt, to serve

Winter fruit salad

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Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

Total

20M

Ingredients

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 strip lemon peel

2 star anise

1 vanilla bean pod, split, seeds scraped

3 pears (or apples), peeled, cored, sliced

1 seedless mandarin, segments separated

8 dried apricots, halved

1 cup frozen raspberries

thick yoghurt, to serve

Method

1.In a large saucepan, combine water, sugar, juice, peel, star anise and vanilla. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.

2.Add pears, mandarin and apricots. Bring to simmer. Cook, covered, 4-5 minutes until fruit softens slightly. Stir in raspberries. Remove from heat. Cool slightly.

3.Serve fruit and syrup in bowls topped with yoghurt.

Use any type of dried or frozen fruit you already have.
Note

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