Spicy Fruit Salad

Spicy Fruit Salad

Ingredients

500 grams of peaches

2 − 3 inch long cinnamon sticks

3/4 teaspoon of allspice

2 large oranges

2 large pink grapefruit

1 small pineapple

2 pints of strawberries

3 kiwi fruits

2 tablespoons of crystallized ginger root

Method

Drain syrup from the peaches into a small saucepan. Place peaches in a large bowl. Over medium high heat, heat syrup, cinnamon, and ground allspice to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Set syrup mixture aside to cool while preparing fruit.

Grate peel from 1 orange, set aside. Cut peel from oranges and grapefruits. To catch juice, hold fruit over bowl with peaches and cut sections from oranges and grapefruits between membranes. Drop sections into bowl. Cut peel and core from pineapple; cut fruit into 1/2 inch chunks. Add pineapple to fruit in bowl. Pour syrup mixture over fruit in bowl. Add grated orange peel; toss. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Just before serving, hull strawberries; cut strawberries in half if large. Cut peel from kiwi. Slice each kiwi lengthwise into 6 wedges. Toss strawberries and kiwi with fruit mixture. Place in serving bowl and sprinkle with crystallized ginger.