Macadamia-Guava Tea Bread With Tropical Fruit Salad

Recipe Ingredients

		Tropical Fruit Salad
6		Ripe passion fruits
1 tablespoon	15ml	Fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon	15ml	Thinly-sliced mint leaves
1		Salt
1		Fresh pineapple
2		Ripe mangoes
2		Ripe bananas
		Macadamia Guava Tea Bread
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
2		Eggs
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
2 1/4 cups	140g / 4.9oz	Flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Chopped macadamia nuts - (medium fine)
1/2 cup	118ml	Cubed guava paste
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Coarsely-chopped macadamia nuts

Recipe Instructions

Tropical Fruit Salad: Cut the passion fruit in half and scoop out the pulp. Place it in a small bowl and whisk in the lime juice, mint and salt. Set aside.

Slice off the top and bottom of the pineapple and remove the skin. Cut in half and remove the core. Cut into 3/4-inch pieces. Cut off the flat sides of the mangoes. Place a large spoon inside the peel and scoop out the mango flesh in one large piece. Cut into one-half-inch pieces. Place the pineapple and mango pieces in a bowl. Peel the bananas and cut into one-fourth-inch diagonal slices; add to the bowl. Spoon the passion fruit dressing over and toss to coat the fruit. Chill.

Macadamia-Guava Tea Bread: Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Fold in the 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts and the cubed guava paste, separating the pieces of guava paste (which tend to stick together) so they will be evenly dispersed in the bread.

Spoon the mixture into a buttered 9- by 5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle the coarsely chopped macadamia nuts over the top. Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until the center tests done. Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool in the pan 10 minutes, then remove it from the pan and let it stand until warm on a wire rack.

To serve, top with the chilled, dressed tropical fruit salad.

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Each serving fruit salad: 69 calories; 1 gram protein; 18 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 0 fat; 0 saturated fat; 0 cholesterol; 15 mg. sodium.

Each serving bread: 391 calories; 5 grams protein; 45 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams fiber; 22 grams fat; 8 grams saturated fat; 59 mg. cholesterol; 105 mg. sodium.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 03-17-2004

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