Exotic Fruit Soup
Categories: TvfnServes: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- ------------------------------FOR THE INFUSION------------------------------
- 2 c Water
- 1/4 c Honey
- 1 Star anise
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 Vanilla bean, split
- Zest of 1/2 lime
- Zest of 1/2 orange
- 1 Stalk lemongrass, trimmed
- -and roughly chopped
- 2 tb Mint leaves, chopped
Instructions:
---------------------------FOR THE FRUIT GARNISH---------------------------
Note: All fruit should be
-very cool in temperature.
1/4 c Mango, diced
1/4 c Pineapple, diced
1/4 c Blood (or navel) orange
-fillets
1/4 c Mamey sapote, diced
1/4 c Charentais (or other
-favorite) melon, diced
4 Lychees, peeled (substitute
-as desired)
6 Grapes, sliced in half
1/4 c Coconut meat, thinly sliced,
-toasted and broken into
-bitesized pieces
2 Passion fruit, cut in half
-crosswise
2 Ripe finger bananas, (or
-quartered regular bananas),
-sliced in half, lengthwise
1 Star fruit, sliced into
-1/4-inch thick slices
Put all of the above in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat
and set aside 30 minutes. Now strain through a fine mesh strainer and chill
the liquid. Divide all of the prepared fruit except the coconut, passion
fruit, banana and star fruit between four chilled bowls. Pour the infusion
over the fruit. Now garnish with the passion fruit, banana and star fruit.
Serve.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by: CHEF DU JOUR NORMAN VAN AKEN SHOW #DJ9364
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #045 by "Ed Bauman"
Feb 12, 97.
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