Citrus Salad With Spiced Vanilla Syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped out and reserved
- 4 whole allspice
- 2 green cardamom pods, crushed to release seeds
- 2 grapefruit, preferably 1 pink and 1 white
- 1 1/2 pounds blood oranges (all one variety, or a mix of Moro, Sanguinelli, and Tarocco, if available)
- Zest of 1/2 lime (use a five-hole zester)
- In a small saucepan, heat sugar with 1/2 cup water, the vanilla-bean pod and seeds, and spices over high heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, steep 30 minutes, then strain.
- Meanwhile, cut peel (including all white pith on outside of fruit) from grapefruit, following curve of fruit. Slice grapefruit crosswise into rounds about 1/4 in. thick, removing any seeds. Arrange on a large platter. Repeat with oranges.
- Drizzle citrus with about 1/3 cup spiced syrup. Scatter lime zest on top. Serve with a little more syrup if you like.
sugar, vanilla bean, allspice, green cardamom pods, pink, oranges, lime
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/citrus-salad-spiced-vanilla-syrup (may not work)