Fresh Fruit in a Cool Ginger Broth
- An assortment of the freshest fruit available: Some suggestions - blueberries, blackberries, sliced pitted peaches or plums, kiwis peeled and quartered, sliced banana, mango or papaya, star fruit
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 1/3 cup Grand Marnier
- Since this is an assortment of fruit served in a broth, count on any single piece of fruit yielding 4 portions.
- Two peaches, for example, would be more than sufficient.
- Take your time to clean and slice the fruit as neatly as possible.
- This is a recipe where presentation counts.
- The fruits can be cut ahead of time.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready.
- To make the broth, combine the pineapple juice, lemon juice, honey, ginger and Grand Mariner in a saucepan.
- Bring quickly to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 5 minutes before removing from heat.
- Cool completely.
- When ready to serve, allow 10 to 15 minutes to prepare.
- Use soup plates with broad, flat bottoms and arrange a mixture of the fruit in a colorful pattern across the bottom of the plate, possibly putting some of the slices in a pinwheel-type arrangements with little mounds of diced fruit or berries in the center.
- Once you have all the fruit divided among the plates, ladle several tablespoons of the cool broth over the fruit.
- There should be just enough broth in each plate to cover the bottom; it should not be soupy.
- A possible garnish would be a small scoop of sorbet on each plate and perhaps a sprinkling of grated coconut.
blueberries, pineapple juice, lemons, honey, ginger, grand marnier
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/fresh-fruit-in-a-cool-ginger-broth.html (may not work)