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Marinated Fruit Salad

There are two different kinds of persimmons. The Fuyu which you can eat right away and the Hachiya which is too astringentt to eat unless it has ripened to a soft pulp when it becomes ambrosial but too soft for a fruit salad.

 

1 cup sugar

½ cup lemon juice

¼ cup Limoncello

1 mango, peeled and sliced

2 cups sliced pineapple (peeled and cored)

1 Fuyu persimmon, sliced

2 fresh figs, quartered

½ cup pomegranate seeds

 

Combine sugar and lemon juice in a small pot over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add Limoncello, bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Cool to room temperature. Pour over fruit. Let sit for 20 minutes to 2 hours. Serves 6