FRESH FRUIT WITH ORANGE-GINGER SYRUP

By Dglmedia

Makes: 10 servings
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: fewer than 5 minutes; standing time: 15 minutes; chilling time: 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 large cantaloupe, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 pints strawberries, halved
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 1 medium cored pineapple cut into 1-inch cubes
• Orange Ginger Syrup
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
• 2 teaspoons orange zest (yellow part only)
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine all fruit. For syrup, combine sugar, water, ginger, zest and juice in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 minute. Remove from heat; let stand 15 minutes. Remove ginger and discard. Cool syrup; chill 1 hour. Serve syrup with fruit. (Adapted from "1,001 Ways to Cook Southern," Susan Hernandez Ray, editor; Oxmoor House, $34.95.)