Warm Fruit Salad

Spice things up by adding heat and seasoning to your regular fruit salad for a comforting and warm taste, paired with creamy yoghurt to wow your guests.

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Difficulty Level: 1/5

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• ½ cup caster sugar
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1 strip lemon peel
• 2 star anise
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 pears or red apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 seedless mandarin, separate segments
• 8 dried apricots, halved
• 1 cup frozen raspberries
• Thick yoghurt, to serve

Steps

01. In a large saucepan, combine water, sugar, juice, peel, star anise and vanilla. Stir over low fire until sugar dissolves.

02. Add pears, mandarin and apricots. Cook, covered, for 4 to 5 mins until fruits soften slightly.

03. Stir in raspberries. Remove from heat. Cool slightly.

04. Serve fruits and syrup in bowls topped with yoghurt.

Photo: Rob Shaw/bauersyndication.com.au