Carse of Gowrie Fruit Salad

==Description==
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A very superior fruit salad from Scotland, to be made at the height of summer with all the most delicate of bush and tree fruits, together with a few old faithfuls, such as bananas. Fruit liqueur, rum, or sherry may be added.
== Ingredients ==
=== Syrup ===
* 225 g (8 oz) sugar
* 300 ml (½ pint) water
* 1 wineglass red wine
* 1 lemon, juice only
* dash sherry
=== Fruit ===
* 2 fresh peaches
* 2 fresh apricots
* 1 orange
* 2 bananas
* 110 g (4 oz) raspberries
* 110 g (4 oz) red currants
* 110 g (4 oz) cherries
== Directions ==
# Put the sugar, water and wine in a small saucepan, bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.
# Allow to cool, then pour this syrup into a nice bowl and stir in the lemon juice and sherry.
# Dip the peaches and apricots very briefly in boiling water and then skin them carefully.
# Slice them and put them immediately into the syrup.
# Pare the skin and pith from the orange with a sharp knife and cut it into slices, catching the juice on a plate.
# Put the orange slices and juice into the salad. Slice the bananas and add them too.
# Lastly put in the raspberries, redcurrants stripped of their stalks and cherries, halved and stoned.
# Spoon some of the liquid over the fruit and chill thoroughly before serving with or without whipped cream.
Category:Apricot Recipes
Category:Banana Recipes
Category:Red wine Recipes
Category:Cherry Recipes
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Category:Orange Recipes
Category:Peach Recipes
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