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Christmas Fruit Salad
This Christmas fruit salad is the perfect lighter alternative to traditional Christmas pudding with all the fruits and flavours but none of the stodge!
Ingredients
- 500 g plums halved and stoned
- 300 g grapes
- 50 g cranberries
- 1 clementine zest and juice
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 50 g mixed nuts
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
Instructions
- Remove zest and squeeze juice from clementine. See blog post for notes.
- Toast the nuts in a dry pan for just a minute till golden and aromatic
- Place all fruits on an oven tray and sprinkle over the clementine zest and juice plus the brandy and sugar and spices and bake for about 20 minutes till tender
- Stir through the toasted nuts and allow to cool a bit before serving
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Notes
Serve your Christmas fruit salad with good quality vanilla ice-cream, whipped cream of even Greek yogurt and a sprinkling of slithered pistachios or flaked almonds.
Make ahead and store in a covered jar in the fridge for up to a week.
Nutrition
Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 465mgFiber: 4gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 490IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
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