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Vanilla Champagne Soaked Fruit Recipe


Vanilla Champagne Soaked Fruit Recipe
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8 months, 1 week ago
A bright unexpected addition to a brunch or buffet Recipe and photo from southern Living
Prep:20m Cook:3m Servings:12

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Ingredients
  • 1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine
  • ¾ C sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, split
  • 1 (1-oz) pkg fresh mint, chopped
  • 1 cantaloupe, halved
  • 1 pt fresh raspberries
  • 1 large orange, peeled and sectioned (substitute 1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges, if desired
  • ½ honeydew melon, peeled and chopped (about 4 cups)
  • Garnishes: 1 vanilla bean pod, chopped mint

Directions
  1. Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil over high, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved, about 4 or 5 minutes
  2. Reduce heat to medium, and cook 10 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half
  3. Remove from heat and stir in mint. Let stand 5 minutes
  4. Pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl, discarding mint. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into bowl,whisk until blended
  5. Reserve pod for garnish
  6. Cut cantaloupe into 10 thin wedges
  7. Cut 2 thin wedges from remaining half of cantaloupe; reserve cantaloupe for another use
  8. Placeall fruit into a 13x9 pan ; pour warm syrup over fruit
  9. Cover and chill 3 – 24 hours
  10. Remove fruit from syrup using a slotted spoon and arrange on serving platter or plates
  11. Serve with syrup

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Comments

puddlewonderful 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Excellent

pleclare 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Wow!

dugger 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Holy Chit Batman....

conner909 8 months, 1 week ago said:
Refreshing and right up my alley...thanks Pat!


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