Fruit Salad with Tea Simple Syrup
This fresh fruit salad is livened up with a tea-infused simple syrup. It's quick, easy and delicious. A tasty and summery vegan and gluten free dessert.
Servings: 8
Calories: 41kcal
Ingredients
For the Tea Simple Syrup
- ¾ cup water
- 3 tablespoon tea leaves or 3 tea bags {I used white peony tea, but you could use any: green, Earl grey, English breakfast, chamomile, rooibos etc...)}
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
For the fruit salad (this is just a guideline, use what's available or in season)
- 100 g melon cut into bite sized pieces
- 75 g raspberries
- 75 g blueberries
- 75 g strawberries
- 50 g grapes
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon tea simple syrup (see above
- 1 tablespoon mint leaves
Instructions
For the Tea Simple Syrup
- Heat the water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until hot, but not boiling. Add the tea, remove from the heat and allow to steep for 4 minutes.
- Strain the leaves out of the mixture over a bowl, squeezing the leaves/bag to extract the water, then return the tea-infused water to the saucepan, add the sugar and heat, stirring constantly, for a few minutes until the sugar dissolves.
- Remove from the heat and allow the tea simple syrup to cool to room temperature. Carefully pour it into a sealable jar (a funnel helps) and store for up to 1 month in the fridge.
For the fruit salad:
- Add all the fruit to a large bowl and toss with the lemon juice. Drizzle with 3 tablespoon of the tea simple syrup (or to taste) and scatter with the fresh mint leaves and serve.
Notes
- It’s best to measure by volume for this, so if you don’t have cup measures, use ¾ of a mug of both water and sugar. As long as they are equal volumes it will work fine.
- Also enjoy the tea simply syrup on ice cream, in granita, on pancakes, in cocktails etc…
- Use your favourite tea: Earl Grey, rooibos, chamomile, green tea, mint…
Nutrition
Calories: 41kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 430IU | Vitamin C: 12.3mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.2mg