Fruit Salad with Orange-Vanilla Syrup
Ingredients
Orange-Vanilla Syrup
1 cup sugar
Zest and juice of 1 orange
1 vanilla bean
Fruit
4 pints strawberries, hulled and halved
2 pints blueberries
2 cups green grapes, halved
2 cups red grapes, halved
Fresh mint leaves
If you need a make-ahead dish, a fruit salad is the way to go. It only gets better as it sits in the fridge."
Instructions
Place the sugar, 1 cup water, orange zest, juice and vanilla bean in a small pan and stir to dissolve the sugar. Then bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes to thicken. Set aside to cool.
Prepare all the fruit in a large bowl, pour the cooled syrup over the top and toss together. Decorate with mint leaves and chill until ready to serve.
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