Sacramento Fruit Bowl

• 2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 each pineapple
• 1 each honeydew melon
• 1 each cantaloupe
• 2 each oranges
• 2 each nectarines
• 2 each plums
• 1/2 pound grapes, seedless seedless
• 2 each kiwi fruit

1. In 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, cook water, sugar, lemon juice, anise seeds and salt for 15 minutes, or until mixture becomes a light syrup.
2. Refrigerate until syrup cools.
3. Meanwhile, remove peel from pineapple, honeydew melon, cantalope.
4. Cut pulp from pineapple and melons into bite-size chunks.
5. Peel and section oranges.
6. Slice nectarines and plums into wedges; do not peel.
7. Slice grapes in half.
8. In large bowl, combine fruits.
9. Pour chilled syrup through strainer over the fruit.
10. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, stirring occasionally.
11. TO SERVE: Peel and slice kiwi.
12. Gently stir into the fruit mixture.

water, sugar, lemon juice, star anise, salt, pineapple, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, oranges, nectarines, plums, grapes, fruit

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/sacramento-fruit-bowl-1906 (may not work)