Exotic Fruit Sauce Recipes

FRESH FRUIT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, mix cornstarch and orange juice until smooth; stir in honey. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, about 1 minute., Remove from heat; stir in fruit. Serve warm over ice cream. ,

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.

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;

TROPICAL FRUIT KEBABS WITH ORANGE MAPLE COCONUT DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Divide the mango and pineapple into three servings, then place on three of the skewers, alternating the fruit on each. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Mix the yogurt with the coconut, orange juice and maple syrup. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Serve the kebabs garnished with coconut and the yogurt sauce for dipping.

EXOTIC FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Place the mandarin oranges, with their syrup, in a medium-size saucepan. Add the Champagne and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the mixture has reduced to about 1 cup. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Place the cooled mixture in a blender, and process until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, honey, and poppy seeds.
• Toss the prepared fruit together in a large bowl, and pour the dressing over the fruit. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Decorate the fruit salad with flaked coconut or chopped nuts, and serve.

TROPICAL FRUIT CREPES WITH VANILLA BEAN AND RUM BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• For crepes:
• Combine all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth. DO AHEAD: Crepe batter can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Reblend before using.
• Line plate with paper towel or parchment paper. Heat 9-inch-diameter nonstick skillet with 7-inch-diameter bottom over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons crepe batter to skillet; tilt and swirl skillet to spread batter evenly over bottom. Cook until center of crepe is cooked through and edges are lightly browned, about 1 minute. Run spatula around crepe and invert onto prepared paper-towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining batter, placing paper towels or parchment paper between crepes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• For rum butter sauce:
• Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, and salt in medium bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Gradually add rum and beat until well blended. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• For tropical fruit:
• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add pineapple to skillet and scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Add sugar and salt; stir until sugar dissolves and pineapple and pan juices are lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Remove from heat. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 300°F. Place crepe stack (with paper towels between crepes) on rimmed baking sheet. Cover baking sheet with foil; warm crepes in oven until heated through, about 15 minutes. Place rum butter sauce mixture in small saucepan; heat over medium heat until melted and smooth, stirring occasionally. Rewarm tropical fruit mixture over medium heat, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Stir in papaya and mango.
• Place 1 crepe on plate, browned side down. Spoon 2 teaspoons rum butter sauce over crepe, then fold crepe into quarters. Repeat with 2 more crepes on same plate. Spoon tropical fruit over. Repeat with remaining crepes, rum butter sauce, and tropical fruit, placing 3 crepes on each of 6 plates. Spoon any remaining rum butter sauce over crepes and serve.

CHICKEN IN TROPICAL FRUIT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a 10 inch skillet, heat 2 Tbls. Butter.
• Sprinkle chicken with garlic powder and cook in pan until done over medium heat. Remove chicken to plate.
• In same skillet, melt remaining butter. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Add all other ingredients (if using frozen berries they will add more juices when thawed). Heat to boiling, reduce heat and simmer 1-2 minutes.
• Serve over chicken that was set aside with cooked rice.