Fruit Cocktail With Red Wine And Ginger Syrup

Recipe Ingredients

		Red Wine and Ginger Syrup
		Zest of 1 lemon
		Zest of 1 orange
1 1/4 cups	296ml	Full-bodied red wine
1/2		Cinnamon stick
5 tablespoons	75ml	Sugar
1		Vanilla bean - split lengthwise
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Grated ginger root
		== FRUIT ===
3		Oranges
2 cups	474ml	Strawberries
1/4		Pineapple
		Mint sprigs - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

For the Red Wine And Ginger Syrup: Place the lemon and orange zests, wine, cinnamon stick, sugar, vanilla bean and ginger in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the liquid is reduced by half, 10 minutes. Remove the syrup from the heat. Discard the cinnamon stick and strain the syrup to remove the zest. Let the syrup cool.

For the Fruit: Using a sharp paring knife, peel and section the oranges, reserving the juice, removing the white pith and the membranes between the sections. Cut the sections in half and place in a large bowl. Add the juice to the syrup.

Hull and dice the strawberries into 1/2-inch pieces and add them to the bowl. Peel and dice the pineapple into 1/2-inch or 3/4-inch pieces and add them to the bowl. Chill the fruit for 30 minutes.

Divide the fruit among serving bowls and pour the syrup over the fruit at serving time. Garnish the fruit with the mint.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Each serving: 132 calories; 5 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 0 fat; 0 saturated fat; 25 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 3.01 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 07-11-2001

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