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Fruit salad recipe with mint simple syrup

Fruit Salad Recipe With Mint Simple Syrup

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 8 -10
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Salad:1 Pint Fresh Raspberries
  • 1 Pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Pint of Fresh Blackberries
  • 1 Yellow Peach Chopped
  • 1 Pint of Grapes Sliced
  • 1 15 OZ Can Mandarin Oranges Light Syrup Drained
Simple Syrup:
  • 2 Sprigs 2 TBSP Fresh Mint, Finely Chopped
  • Juice from Canned Mandarin Oranges + water to make 1 Cup liquid
  • 1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar

Method
 

  1. Combine fruit in large bowl and set aside
  2. Combine brown sugar and water / mandarin orange juice in a small pot and cook on low heat until sugar completely dissolves
  3. Add Mint and bring to boil
  4. Lower heat (to a 2 or 3) and simmer for 5 minutes
  5. Set pot in refrigerator for 10 or more minutes to cool
  6. Remove syrup from refrigerator
  7. Optionally strain mint
  8. Pour syrup over fruit salad and gently mix to coat all fruit.
  9. Place bowl in refrigerator for a couple hours to allow fruit to macerate.
  10. Serve cold.