Mixed Fruit Salad in Melon Halves

From Super Salads

A unique presentation gives this delicious combination fruit a fresh twist.

Preparation time 30 minutes
Serves  4

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) sweet cherries
1 medium banana
4 apricots
250 g (8 oz) damsons or other blue plums
3 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons liquid honey
3 sprigs mint
2 small cantaloupe (muskmelon) or honeydew melons
1⁄2 cup (125 g/4 oz) whipping cream
mint leaves, for garnish

Cooking Method

1 Remove pits from cherries. Slice banana, apricots and plums. Combine fruit in a bowl.

2 Mix lemon juice and honey and pour over fruit. Remove mint leaves from sprigs. Cut into fine strips. Stir into salad.

3 Halve melons and scrape out seeds. Use a melon baller to scoop out flesh, leaving a rim of flesh about 1 cm (1⁄2 inch) thick. Add melon balls to bowl.

4 Whip cream until stiff. Spoon fruit salad into melon halves. Garnish with cream rosettes and mint leaves.

Each serving provides
1487 kilojoules
4 g protein
12 g total fat
8 g saturated fat
36 mg cholesterol
58 g carbohydrate
7 g fibre

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