Exotic Fruit Soup

Name: Exotic Fruit Soup
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 1/4 cup 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 tablespoons mint leaves, chopped; 1/4 cup mango, diced; 1/4 cup pineapple, diced; 1/4 cup blood (or navel) orange fillets; 1/4 cup mamey sapote, diced; 1/4 cup Charentais (or other favorite) melon, diced; 4 lychees, peeled (substitute as desired); 6 grapes, sliced in half; 1/4 cup coconut meat, thinly sliced, toasted and broken into bitesized pieces; 2 passion fruit, cut in half crosswise; 2 very ripe finger bananas, (or quartered regular bananas), sliced in half, lengthwise; 1 star fruit, sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices

20 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 cups water
1/4 cup 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 tablespoons mint leaves, chopped
1/4 cup mango, diced
1/4 cup pineapple, diced
1/4 cup blood (or navel) orange fillets
1/4 cup mamey sapote, diced
1/4 cup Charentais (or other favorite) melon, diced
4 lychees, peeled (substitute as desired)
6 grapes, sliced in half
1/4 cup coconut meat, thinly sliced, toasted and broken into bitesized pieces
2 passion fruit, cut in half crosswise
2 very ripe finger bananas, (or quartered regular bananas), sliced in half, lengthwise
1 star fruit, sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices

Directions

1

Put all of the above in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
2

Turn off the heat and set aside 30 minutes.
3

Now strain through a fine mesh strainer and chill the liquid
4

Note: All fruit should be very cool in temperature.
5

Divide all of the prepared fruit except the coconut, passion fruit, banana and star fruit between four chilled bowls.
6

Pour the infusion over the fruit.
7

Now garnish with the passion fruit, banana and star fruit.
8

Serve