Winter Fruit Salad

Name: Winter Fruit Salad
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 strip lemon peel; 2 star anise; 1 vanilla bean split, seeds scraped; 3 pears or apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 1 mandarin orange segments seedless, separated; 8 apricots halved dried; 4 1/2 ounces frozen raspberries; greek yogurt to serve

10 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 strip lemon peel
2 star anise
1 vanilla bean split, seeds scraped
3 pears or apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 mandarin orange segments seedless, separated
8 apricots halved dried
4 1/2 ounces frozen raspberries
greek yogurt to serve

Directions

1

In a large saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water, sugar, lemon juice and peel, star anise and vanilla seeds. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
2

Add the pears, mandarin orange and apricots and bring to a simmer. Cook, covered, for 4-5 mins until the fruit softens slightly. Stir in the raspberries, then remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
3

Serve the fruit and syrup in bowls topped with yogurt.