Fruit salad with camomile syrup
Fruit salad with camomile syrup

Preparation time 20 minutes

Total time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves about 10 cups (2.5 litres)

Ingredients

Syrup

  1. 250 ml 1 cup) water
  2. 85 g 6 tbsp) sugar
  3. 1 lemon, zest finely grated
  4. 2 camomile tea bags
  5. 90 ml 6 tbsp) lemon juice

Salad

  1. 1.2 kg 8 cups) watermelon, cubed
  2. 510 g 3 cups) fresh strawberries, quartered
  3. 405 g 3 cups) fresh raspberries
  4. Mint leaves (optional)

Directions

Syrup

  1. In a small pot, bring the water, sugar and lemon zest to a boil. Simmer just until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add the tea bags. Cover and let infuse for 15 minutes.
  2. Remove the tea bags, pressing on them with a spoon to extract as much syrup as possible. Compost the tea bags. Add the lemon juice to the pot. Mix well. Let cool for 30 minutes at room temperature (see Chef’s tip).

Salad

  1. In a large bowl, delicately toss the fruit with the cooled syrup. Garnish with mint leaves. The fruit salad will keep for 3 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Chef’s tip

Do not pour hot syrup over the fruit as it may bruise them and alter their texture.

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