Exotic Fruit Soup Food

FRUIT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all the fruit: cantaloupe, pineapple, peaches, apples, strawberries in a large mixing bowl, along with the sugar and honey. Add fruit mix to the pot on the stove and add your liquid ingredients of water, pineapple, lemon and orange juice.
• While the fruit mix is simmering on the stove, cut the bottom of your cantaloupe half (so as to not rock) and with your fruit baller, dig out 2 cups cantaloupe adding it to the rest of the fruit in the pot. Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until fruit is soft.
• Allow fruit to cool down. When ready pour half of fruit mixture into blender. Blend until smooth. Repeat with the remaining mixture and chill until ready to serve.
• Spoon into bowls, garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream and orange rind.

SWEET AND SPICY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir shallots in the hot oil until soft, about 3 minutes. Stir apples, ginger, zest from 1 lime, red pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper into the pot. Reserve lime juice. Cook and stir mixture until apples are very soft, about 15 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into pot; add sweet potatoes and salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir reserved lime juice into soup. Garnish with lime wedges to serve.

EXOTIC FRUIT SOUP

Steps:

• Put all of the above in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat and set aside 30 minutes. Now strain through a fine mesh strainer and chill the liquid
• Note: All fruit should be very cool in temperature.
• Divide all of the prepared fruit except the coconut, passion fruit, banana and star fruit between four chilled bowls. Pour the infusion over the fruit. Now garnish with the passion fruit, banana and star fruit. Serve;

EXOTIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• 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.
• Just 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.

TROPICAL FRUIT SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender container, combine all ingredients, except the yogurt.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour into a bowl and add yogurt.
• Beat with a fork or wire whisk until smooth.
• Chill several hours.
• Serve Cold. Whisk before serving.
• NOTE: preparation time and cooking time does NOT include chilling time.

TROPICAL FRUIT MEDLEY SOUP OR DESSERT

Steps:

• Stir together first four ingredients in a large bowl.
• Sprinkle with cardamon.
• Pour juice over fruit, stirring gently.
• Cover and chill 30 minutes.
• Garnish and serve.

TROPICAL GAZPACHO FRUIT SOUP (PUERTO RICO)

Steps:

• Puree raspberries in a blender or food processor, then pass the puree through a sieve to remove the seeds.
• In a non-reactive bowl, combine raspberry puree with sparkling water & sugar, then add lemon juice, papaya, mango, kiwi & pineapple.
• Refrigerate 1 hour before serving, garnished with the ginger.

FROZEN TROPICAL FRUIT YOGURT

Steps:

• Put everything except the fresh fruit in a food processor and blend. Scoop straight into bowls, or tip into a container and freeze if you want to serve it later. Serve with the fresh tropical fruit and spoon over the passion fruit seeds.