Exotic Fruit Salad

Name: Exotic Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dusting; 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon ground Chinese 5-spice powder; 2 ripe mangoes, papayas or pineapple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice; 1/2 pint raspberries; 4 to 6 kiwis, peeled and cut into thin rounds; 2 bananas, peeled and cut into thin rounds; Mint leaves

9 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dusting
1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground Chinese 5-spice powder
2 ripe mangoes, papayas or pineapple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
1/2 pint raspberries
4 to 6 kiwis, peeled and cut into thin rounds
2 bananas, peeled and cut into thin rounds
Mint leaves

Directions

1

Whisk sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and Chinese 5-spice powder; adjust to taste, adding more or less ingredients.
2

Add mangoes and raspberries and toss together.
3

Just before serving arrange kiwis in a circle on outside edge of each of 4 dessert plates, arrange an inside circle of banana slices overlapping kiwis, leaving a space in center of dessert plate.
4

Spoon macerated raspberries and mangoes in the middle; dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with mint leaves.