Winter fruit salad
- 600g good-quality ready-to-eat dried fruits (such as prunes, pears, apricots, figs cranberries)
- 3 tbsp clear honey
- 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways
- 1 Earl Grey tea bag
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- mascarpone or Greek yogurt, to serve
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Easy
Serves 6
- Tip the fruits and 700ml/11⁄4
pints cold water into a large
saucepan. Add the honey and
vanilla, scraping the seeds
from the pod into the pan.
Bring to the boil. Stir well, lower
the heat and simmer for 10
minutes until slightly syrupy.
- Take the pan off the heat
and stir in the tea bag. Leave
to infuse for 10 minutes.
- Discard the tea bag and
vanilla pod, tip the fruits and
liquid into a non-metallic bowl
and pour over the lemon juice.
Stir, then leave to cool. Cover
and chill until ready to serve
