Fruit Salad With Apple Vanilla Syrup

• Apple Vanilla Syrup
• 2 cups apple juice
• 2 slices lemon zest
• 1/4 vanilla bean
• Fruit Salad
• 2 medium mangoes, peeled and diced
• 1 pint strawberry, stems removed, quartered
• 1 pint blueberries

1. Place apple juice and lemon zest in a pot.
2. Slice the vanilla bean in half, and scape out the seeds into the juice. Add bean pod to the pot as well.
3. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
4. Reduce to medium low and simmer for 30 minutes, or until mixture is syrup-like and reduced to 1/3 cup.
5. Remove lemon zest and vanilla bean, and cool to room temperature.
6. Sometimes I strain the cooled syrup through a mesh strained if there are pieces of the bean pod still left behind.
7. Toss mangoes, strawberries and blueberries with the syrup and serve.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fruit-salad-with-apple-vanilla-syrup-239132 (may not work)