Drunk Fruit Salad

26/11 DRUNK FRUIT SALAD

It may be the only thing I am evangelical about, but my fruit salad crusade is a never ending battle. Sometimes pushing me to drink, which for those who know me understand that isn't hard. In this case however i combined the two and created an adult fruit salad, stealing it from the realm of disappointed children.

This fruit bowl is heady, a combination of the sweetness of the fruit and the punch of the alcohol. I feel you should be free to experiment here, play with what liqueurs you have around. A favourite which I finished was a sour raspberry liqueur which was fruity perfection, alas I haven't found it again - but that just creates the drive for creation. The true reason this culinary Dr. Frankenstein continues to create, or perhaps the Port had more of an effect than expected. It's alive! Or is it?

Ingredients (all approximate) - 

Mango
Blueberries
Pomegranate
Strawberries
Banana
Blood Orange
Maple Syrup
1/2 shot of port/dark rum

What I did - 

Treat the fruit with the respect a sushi Itamae would give to a prized tuna - not to be overly poetic about this. But I would probably spend more time preparing the fruit for a fruit salad than any other dish. The mango isn't chopped, its filleted then slices into thin fleshy strips. The banana is diced small, the blueberries halved and the strawberries cut into pink shards.

This fruit salad has more bling than an oligarchs wife and is bejewelled by pomegranate rubies. I try to get as many out as possible, then squeeze the remaining pomegranate over, showing the bowl in vermillion juice.

I added a slosh of maple syrup, and this time half a measure of sweet port. This creates a sweet woody dressing, and all the fruit in the bowl is given a deep gloss. My fruit salad is raw, sticky and sweet.

JG