Spiced Fruit Salad

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 None vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
• 1/2 oz ginger, peeled and chopped finely
• 1 None orange, zested, peeled and sliced thinly
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 2 None star anise pods
• 6 None cloves
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 None mango, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 2 None kiwis, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 1 None star fruit, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 1/4 None pineapple, peeled and cut into thin slices
• 1 oz dried cranberries

1. Place the sugar, 1 cup water, vanilla seeds, ginger, orange zest, cinnamon, star anise and cloves in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 mins until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the honey. Strain through a sieve and discard the spices.
2. Mix the fruit together in a bowl, stir in the syrup and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving.

sugar, vanilla pod, ginger, orange, cinnamon, anise pods, cloves, honey, mango, kiwis, fruit, pineapple, cranberries

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/17332 (may not work)