Sparkling Rosé Fruit Bowl

If you thought fruit salad had to be boring old oranges, grapes and bananas, think again! This is a zingy, zesty, boozy and sparkling fruit salad that's just perfect for a Valentine's Day breakfast (or whenever you like!) Who said fruit salads can't be healthy and decadent???

Sparkling Rosé Fruit Bowl

INGREDIENTS:

1 Granny Smith's apple

200g raspberries

1 mango

1 pink grapefruit

500ml Sparkling rosé wine

2 tbspns Caster sugar

Juice of 1/2 lime

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT:

1. Make a sugar syrup by heating the sugar with 2 tablespoons of the wine until sugar has completely dissolved. Leave to cool.

2. Peel and dice the mango.

3. Remove peel and pith from grapefruit and cut into segments.

4. Core and chop apple, leaving peel on if you wish.

5. Squeeze lime juice over the apple.

6. Combine prepared fruit in a bowl with the raspberries.

7. Add remainder of the rosé wine to the syrup.

8. Pour sweetened wine over the fruits.

9. Serve with cream, yogurt (breakfast) ice-cream or sorbet (dessert.)

VARIATIONS

If the recipe above isn't quite your cup of tea (or glass of rosé!) don't worry - maybe one of these boozy fruit salads will float your fruit bowl!

TROPICAL

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SUMMER BERRIES

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FAR EASTERN

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PEACH MELBA

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ORCHARD FRUIT

Apples, pear, plums, apricots and blackberries in cider

CHRISTMAS MAGIC

Kumquats, Clementine's, blood orange, quince, figs, in mulled wine

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