Fruit Exotica Recipes

Steps:

• Put all of the above in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat and set aside 30 minutes. Now strain through a fine mesh strainer and chill the liquid
• Note: All fruit should be very cool in temperature.
• Divide all of the prepared fruit except the coconut, passion fruit, banana and star fruit between four chilled bowls. Pour the infusion over the fruit. Now garnish with the passion fruit, banana and star fruit. Serve;

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together orange juice and the following four ingredients with a spoon. Set aside.
• Add prepared fruit to dressing and toss thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Serve on leaf lettuce as a salad.
• OR top slices of pound cake or fill a crepe for dessert.

Steps:

• Whisk sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and Chinese 5-spice powder; adjust to taste, adding more or less ingredients. Add mangoes and raspberries and toss together.
• Just before serving arrange kiwis in a circle on outside edge of each of 4 dessert plates, arrange an inside circle of banana slices overlapping kiwis, leaving a space in center of dessert plate. Spoon macerated raspberries and mangoes in the middle; dust with confectioners' sugar and garnish with mint leaves.