Summer Fruit Salad In A Marinade Soupe De Fruits Dete Recipes

PERFECT SUMMER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Bring orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, orange zest, and lemon zest to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
• Layer the fruit in a large, clear glass bowl in this order: pineapple, strawberries, kiwi fruit, bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. Pour the cooled sauce over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

SUMMER FRUIT SALAD IN A MARINADE (SOUPE DE FRUITS D'ETE)

Steps:

• Put the water in a kettle and start heating. Split the vanilla bean, if it is to be used, in half lengthwise. Add this to the kettle. Add the lemon and orange peels, mint sprigs and sugar. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Cover closely and let the syrup stand until cool. If vanilla bean is not used, add vanilla extract.Chill thoroughly.
• Peel the mango and cut the flesh from the pit. Cut the flesh into thin strips. Cut the flesh from each orange section, carefully cutting between the membranes, and discard any seeds. Keep the fruit in separate piles. Peel the pineapple and cut away any eyes that may remain. Cut the flesh into small pieces. Cut the strawberries into thin slices. Cut the plum in half and cut away and discard the pit. Cut the flesh into thin slices. Cut the peach in half and discard the pit. Cut the peach flesh into half-inch cubes. Peel the kiwi fruit and cut it lengthwise in half. Cut each half into thin slices. Combine the pineapple, peach, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries in a bowl and strain the syrup over all. Garnish the top of the ''soup'' with the strawberry, plum, orange, mango and kiwi pieces arranged symmetrically and slightly overlapping in concentric circles. Sprinkle minced mint over all. As a final garnish, place one raspberry in dead center.

SUMMER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine melon, apricots, nectarines and plums. Add apricot jam, wine and lemon juice. Toss well to coat. Refrigerate for up to 4 hours, or serve immediately.
• To serve, add berries to macerated fruit and gently fold together. Spoon into bowls or glasses, and garnish with figs, if using.

LADYFINGERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together the flour, half of the sugar and the salt, three times.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and gradually beat in the remaining sugar. Beat the egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored and fold, with the vanilla, into the egg-white mixture. Sift the flour mixture, a third at a time, over the eggs and fold in carefully.
• Line ungreased baking sheets with unglazed paper. Press the batter through a pastry bag onto the paper, or shape with a spoon into strips about four inches by three-quarter inches.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the paper with a spatula and cool on a rack.