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Pineapple and lychees with palm sugar caramel

Brigitte Hafner
Brigitte Hafner

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An elegant fruit salad.
An elegant fruit salad.Marina Oliphant

A delicious combination devised by chef Neil Perry more than a decade ago. For an elegant dinner party dessert, try adding a scoop of coconut ice-cream.

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Ingredients

  • half a pineapple, thinly sliced

  • 10 lychees, peeled

  • 1 mango, peeled and cut into pieces

  • 2 tbsp toasted almond or coconut flakes

  • 120g dark palm sugar

  • 2 tbsp water

  • 4 makrut lime leaves*

  • ½ cup coconut cream

Method

  1. Make a salad from the fruit. Arrange on individual plates and sprinkle over the almond or coconut flakes.

    Grate or chop the palm sugar into a saucepan and set over a medium heat with the water and lime leaves. Cook, stirring, until dissolved (you may need to crush any lumps), then add the coconut cream and bubble away for about 5 minutes until slightly thickened. Cool and drizzle over fruit salad.

    This syrup can be made and kept in the fridge for a few days and brought back to room temperature before serving. If it becomes too thick, just warm with a touch of water or more coconut cream.

    *lime leaves can be found in Asian supermarkets  either fresh or frozen

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Brigitte HafnerBrigitte Hafner is a chef, restaurateur and recipe writer.

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Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/recipes/pineapple-and-lychees-with-palm-sugar-caramel-20111019-29uu6.html