| Exotic Fruit Salad |
| Yield: 4 servings |
| Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 tablespoons confectioner's sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon ground Chinese 5-spice powder 1/2 pint raspberries 2 ripe mangoes, papayas or pineapple, -- peeled and cut in thin rounds 6 kiwis, -- peeled and cut into thin rounds 2 bananas, -- peeled and cut into thin rounds Confectioners sugar Mint leaves 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. Right 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. |