Carse of Gowrie Fruit Salad

==Description==
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.
===Ingredients===
====SYRUP====
*Sugar - 225g (8 oz)
*water - 300 ml (½ pint)
*red wine - 1 wineglass
*lemon - 1, juice only
*sherry - dash
====FRUIT====
*Fresh peaches - 2
*Fresh apricots - 2
*orange - 1
*bananas - 2
*raspberries - 110g (4 oz)
*Redcurrants - 110g (4 oz)
*cherries - 110g (4 oz)
===Directions===
Put the Sugar, water and wine in a small saucepan, bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes. <BR>
Allow to cool, then pour this syrup into a nice bowl and stir in the lemon juice and sherry.<BR>
Dip the peaches and apricots very briefly in boiling water and then skin them carefully. <BR>
Slice them and put them immediately into the syrup.<BR>
Pare the skin and pith from the orange with a sharp knife and cut it into slices, catching the juice on a plate.<BR>
Put the orange slices and juice into the salad. Slice the bananas and add them too.<BR>
Lastly put in the raspberries, redcurrants stripped of their stalks and cherries, halved and stoned. <BR>
Spoon some of the liquid over the fruit and chill thoroughly before serving with or without whipped cream. <BR>
fruit liqueur, rum, or sherry may be added.
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==See also==
Category: Scottish Desserts
Category: Scottish Salads
Category: Scottish Snacks
category: Scottish Recipes
category:Lemon Recipes
category:Orange Recipes
category:fruit liqueur Recipes
category:ultra-pasteurized cream Recipes
category:lemon juice Recipes
category:raspberry Recipes
category:red wine Recipes
category:cherry Recipes
category:apricot Recipes
category:banana Recipes
category:peach Recipes
category:sherry Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Sugar Recipes
category:granulated sugar Recipes
Category:Desserts with Rum