Fruit Salad Recipe

Ingredients

For Syrup:

• 2 cups fruit juice, either orange, apple, or pineapple juice.
• lemon juice, (from 1 lemon), or lime juice
• lemon zest, (from 1 lemon), or lime juice
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• 3 oz lemongrass, (3 stalks), bruised and save the green parts
• 3 oz ginger, thumb-sized piece, peeled and crushed
• ½ cup mint leaves, torn
• salt, to taste

For Salad:

• 1½ cups strawberries, fresh, hulled and halved
• 1½ cups blueberries, fresh
• 1½ cups raspberries, or blackberries
• 1½ cups green grapes, or red, seedless
• 3 kiwis, peeled and cut into cubes
• 2 green apples, or red, cored and cut into cubes
• 7 oz mangoes, (2 pieces), ripe, cut into cubes

To serve:

• mint leaves, torn
• syrup