The Best Friggin’ Fruit Salad with Ginger Lime Syrup

Serves: 8
Easy
Time: 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

Ginger lime syrup
½ cup lime juice
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup shaved palm sugar
Zest of 1 lime, cut into wide strips with a vegie peeler
1 knob of ginger, sliced
½ lemongrass stalk, bruised (bashed with the back of a knife)
½ cup kombucha (or ginger beer)

Fruit salad
1 cup pitted peeled lychees, fresh or canned
1 cup pitted peeled longan
1 cup cubed watermelon
1 cup cubed red papaya
1 cup cubed honeydew melon
1 cup cubed pineapple
1 star fruit, sliced 
4 passionfruits, quartered

METHOD:

1. To make the ginger lime syrup, combine the ingredients in a medium saucepan and stir over a low heat to dissolve the sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook gently for 30 minute or until reduced and syrupy. Transfer to a bowl or jug and cool completely.

2. For the fruit salad, gently toss all the fruit (except the passionfruit) together in a large bowl until it is well dispersed. Serve with the cooled syrup and passionfruit quarters.

“So how big is a “knob of ginger”—technically the size of your thumb (yep, slightly disappointing...)”