Exotic Fruit Salad
Tropical fruit salad with Piña Colada granita: ice-cold refreshment for hot summer days, featuring a chilled Piña Colada mix.
Ingredients
- 100 g cane sugar
- 2 limes
- 400 ml coconut milk (9% fat)
- 150 ml pineapple juice
- 400 g mango (1 mango)
- 1 kg pineapple (1 pineapple)
- 300 g small papaya (1 small papaya)
- 2 tamarillos
- 2 tbsp brown rum, optional (or non-alcoholic rum)
Instructions
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1.
Boil sugar with 100 ml water. Simmer for 1 minute while bubbling and then allow to cool completely. Cut limes in half and squeeze out the juice.
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2.
Whisk together coconut milk, sugar syrup, 2 tbsp lime juice and pineapple juice.
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3.
Pour the milk mixture into a shallow baking dish or bowl and place it in the freezer for about 4 hours. When the edges begin to freeze, stir vigorously with a fork every 15–30 minutes until fully frozen. Keep refrigerated until needed again.
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4.
Peel mango, cut flesh from stone, slice and roughly cube. Peel pineapple, quarter and remove core; cube flesh roughly.
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5.
Peel papaya, halve, deseed and roughly cube. Peel tamarillos and cut into wedges.
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6.
If desired, mix 2 tbsp lime juice with rum and combine with the fruit in a bowl. Let sit for 30 minutes. Serve the fruit salad with the ice (granita).