CITRUS SALAD

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Provided by Food Network

Time 40m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 grapefruit, preferably pink
6 navel oranges
2 whole bananas
Fresh mint leaves
Spiced Syrup, recipe follows
2 cups white wine
2 cups water
1/2 cup good flavored honey

Steps:

  • Cut citrus fruit into supremes, making sure to reserve juices.
  • On dessert plates, alternate grapefruit and orange supremes in an outside circle, leaving room in center for bananas.
  • Combine juices which came out of grapefruit and oranges when you peeled and cut them into supremes, with some flavored syrup.
  • Peel bananas, cut into thin rounds and center them inside oranges and grapefruit. Drizzle syrup over citrus and bananas and garnish with fresh mint.
  • Heat wine, water, honey and cheesecloth bag and simmer, uncovered for 20 to 30 minutes or until 1 1/2 cups of liquid remain. Remove and discard cheesecloth.
  • Use to spoon over citrus, bananas, kiwi, fresh apricots, peaches and nectarines
  • In a cheesecloth, tie 12 crushed cardamom pods, whole coriander seeds, whole cloves and allspice or anything else you really like.

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