Fruit Salad With Vanilla Bean Syrup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 pint blueberries
• 1/2 pint strawberry, halved
• 1 mango, pitted, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 -2 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 lb red seedless grapes
• 1 ruby grapefruits, segmented, juice reserved for syrup
• 1 cup honeydew melon, cubed
• 1 cup cantaloupe, cubed
• 1 cup pineapple, cubed
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 using a knife, scrape the vanilla seeds from the pod, and place seeds and pod into a saucepan.
• 2 add the water, sugar, and grapefruit juice.
• 3 if you were unable to find a ruby red grapefruit, please adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste.
• 4 if it’s not a ruby red, you might need some more.
• 5 bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until thickened into syrup, about 15 minutes.
• 6 let cool, remove the pod, and place vanilla syrup in refrigerator until chilled.
• 7 add prepared fruit into a bowl and toss with the chilled vanilla syrup.
• 8 refrigerate until ready to serve.