Carse Of Gowrie Fruit Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb sugar
• 10 fluid ounces water
• 3 1/2 fluid ounces red wine
• 1 lemon, juice only
• 1 dash sherry wine
• 2 fresh peaches
• 2 fresh apricots
• 1 orange
• 2 bananas
• 1/4 lb raspberries
• 1/4 lb strawberry
• 1/4 lb cherries
• heavy cream, whipped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put the sugar, water and wine in a small saucepan, bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.
• 2 allow to cool, and then pour this syrup into a bowl and stir in the lemon juice and sherry.
• 3 dip the peaches and apricots very briefly in boiling water and then skin them carefully.
• 4 slice them and put them immediately into the syrup.
• 5 pare the skin and pith from the orange with a sharp knife and cut it into slices, catching the juice on a plate.
• 6 put the orange slices and juice into the salad.
• 7 slice the bananas and add them too.
• 8 lastly put in the raspberries, strawberries, and cherries, halved and stoned.
• 9 spoon some of the liquid over the fruit and chill thoroughly before serving with or without whipped cream.