Flamed Fruit Salad Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time25 Min
Ready In35 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthyServings2
CuisineCourse
VegetarianMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Firm fresh fruits (a selection of apple, banana, cherries and orange, Clementine, pear, peach, strawberries and grapes)
 Butter2 Tablespoon
 Sugar3 Tablespoon
 Almonds1/2 Cup (16 tbs), flaked
 Rum3 Tablespoon

Directions

GETTING READY
1) Chop the fruits into small pieces and prepare them for cooking.
2) In a bowl put all the fruits and mix these together.
3) Grate lemon and squeeze out juice.
4) Add lemon juice to fruits.

MAKING
5) In a saucepan, put the butter and sugar.
6) Heat without stirring, until the sugar caramelizes and becomes light brown.
7) This will take about 5 minutes.
8) To the fruits, add the grated lemon rind and almonds.
9) Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the caramel and nuts are golden brown.
10) Remove pan from the heat.
11) Add juices from mixed fruits and stir until caramel becomes a smooth syrup.
12) Add the fruit and heat through for about 5 minutes, turning the mixture over frequently to distribute the syrup.
13) Remove the pan from heat.
14) In a metal ladle, warm rum then set alight and pour over fruit.

SERVING
15) Serve the flamed fruit salad immediately with whipped cream or ice cream.
Quantcast