Vanilla Champagne Soaked Fruit
From pat2me 15 years agoIngredients
- 1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine shopping list
- ¾ C sugar shopping list
- 1 vanilla bean, split shopping list
- 1 (1-oz) pkg fresh mint, chopped shopping list
- 1 cantaloupe, halved shopping list
- 1 pt fresh raspberries shopping list
- 1 large orange, peeled and sectioned (substitute 1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges, if desired shopping list
- ½ honeydew melon, peeled and chopped (about 4 cups) shopping list
- Garnishes: 1 vanilla bean pod, chopped mint shopping list
How to make it
- Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil over high, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved, about 4 or 5 minutes
- Reduce heat to medium, and cook 10 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half
- Remove from heat and stir in mint. Let stand 5 minutes
- Pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl, discarding mint. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into bowl,whisk until blended
- Reserve pod for garnish
- Cut cantaloupe into 10 thin wedges
- Cut 2 thin wedges from remaining half of cantaloupe; reserve cantaloupe for another use
- Placeall fruit into a 13x9 pan ; pour warm syrup over fruit
- Cover and chill 3 – 24 hours
- Remove fruit from syrup using a slotted spoon and arrange on serving platter or plates
- Serve with syrup
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