Fresh Fruit Medley Food

FRESH FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• 1. Place all fruit in a bowl and mix in frozen orange juice concentrate.
• 2. In a blender, combine yogurt, ricotta, ginger, cinnamon and vanilla. Portion the fruit into dessert bowls, top each with yogurt-ricotta sauce and garnish with a walnut half.
• 3. Other fruits may be substituted, such as melon, kiwifruit, strawberries, blueberries, pears or pineapple. The fruit medley may also be served without topping.

FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingrediants; cover and refridgerate overnight.
• Just before serving, fold in the blueberries, cherries and bananas; gently toss.

QUICK FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients; cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, fold in the blueberries, cherries and bananas; gently toss.

MEDLEY OF SUMMER FRUITS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the two wines, sugar and vanilla pod to the boil. Put the mint and basil in the centre of a small piece of muslin and tie with string to make a bag, then add to the pan with a few turns of freshly ground black pepper.
• Remove from heat and leave to come to room temperature. Remove muslin bag, add raspberries and the melon balls. Chill for at least 4 hrs.
• About 2 hrs before you intend to serve the fruits, add the strawberries and wild strawberries, if using, to the syrup. Serve in a large serving bowl or four individual bowls. Pour about 2 tbsp of the pink Champagne over just before serving.

FALL FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• In tightly covered container, shake dressing ingredients until well mixed. Shake again before pouring over fruits.
• In large bowl, toss dressing with orange, pineapple and grapes. Cover; refrigerate up to 24 hours. Just before serving, stir in apples.

FROZEN FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• Drain canned fruits, reserving 1 cup combined syrup.
• Cook syrup and sugar over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients including syrup together.
• Using about 2 cups at a time, place mixture in blender.
• Cover and puree until smooth but slightly chunky.
• Pour into another large bowl.
• Repeat until all fruit is processed.
• When all is blended, stir together in the large bowl.
• Line 30 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Ladle fruit into paper cups.
• Freeze until solid.
• When frozen, turn over muffin tins and punch out cups with your thumbs.
• Place cups in freezer bags and store in freezer.
• Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving to use as a salad or dessert, or eat frozen.

SIMPLE FRESH FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• Prepare glaze first so it can be cooling while you prepare the fruit.
• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, water, and honey. Grate the zest from the two lemons or limes. Add the zest to the pan. Juice one of the lemons or limes, being careful to get all the juice you can squeeze from it-if the lemon or lime is small, then go ahead and juice the second one also. Add the juice to the pan.
• Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over medium high heat. As soon as the mixture boils up to the point where it almost boils over, remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Strain the mixture into a container or jar. The syrup will be thin, but this is okay. It will coat the fruit easily.
• Add all fruit to a large serving bowl. Start by pouring 1/2 cup glaze onto fruit and toss. Add more glaze as desired. Cover and refrigerate Fruit Medley until ready to serve.

CREAMY FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• Set aside 1 cup whipped topping. Place the remaining topping in a large bowl; sprinkle with gelatin and stir until combined. Fold in the pineapple, oranges, marshmallows and pecans if desired. Garnish with reserved topping.

EASY FRUIT MEDLEY

Steps:

• Toss fruit with reserved orange liquid.
• Spoon evenly into 6 individual serving bowls; top each with 2 Tbsp. of the whipped topping.