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Viewed: 4 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups water
- 1 vanilla bean or 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 2-inch piece of lemon peel or zest
- 4 4-inch peel pieces of orange peel or zest
- 3 sprigs fresh mint
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 ripe mango, about 3/4 pound
- 1 large orange, about 1/2 pound, peeled
- 1 pound section of fresh, very ripe pineapple
- 6 large red, ripe strawberries, about 1/2 pound, stems removed
- 1 large plum, about 6 ounces
- 1 peach, about 6 ounces
- 2 kiwi fruit, about 5 ounces
- 23 cup fresh blueberries
- 23 cup fresh raspberries
- 3/4 cup fresh blackberries
- 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh mint leaves
Method
- Put the water in a kettle and start heating.
- Split the vanilla bean, if it is to be used, in half lengthwise.
- Add this to the kettle.
- Add the lemon and orange peels, mint sprigs and sugar.
- Bring to the boil and remove from the heat.
- Cover closely and let the syrup stand until cool.
- If vanilla bean is not used, add vanilla extract.Chill thoroughly.
- Peel the mango and cut the flesh from the pit.
- Cut the flesh into thin strips.
- Cut the flesh from each orange section, carefully cutting between the membranes, and discard any seeds.
- Keep the fruit in separate piles.
- Peel the pineapple and cut away any eyes that may remain.
- Cut the flesh into small pieces.
- Cut the strawberries into thin slices.
- Cut the plum in half and cut away and discard the pit.
- Cut the flesh into thin slices.
- Cut the peach in half and discard the pit.
- Cut the peach flesh into half-inch cubes.
- Peel the kiwi fruit and cut it lengthwise in half.
- Cut each half into thin slices.
- Combine the pineapple, peach, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries in a bowl and strain the syrup over all.
- Garnish the top of the ''soup'' with the strawberry, plum, orange, mango and kiwi pieces arranged symmetrically and slightly overlapping in concentric circles.
- Sprinkle minced mint over all.
- As a final garnish, place one raspberry in dead center.
