Tropical Martini Fruit Salad
Instructions:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 whole mango, diced
- 1 cup diced cantaloupe
- 1 cup diced pineapple
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped mint
- 2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts
- In a small pan, stir sugar into water. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Add cayenne and cinnamon and remove pan from the heat. Let cool and add lime juice.
- In a medium bowl, combine mango, cantaloupe and pineapple.
- Remove cinnamon stick from the cooled syrup and pour over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Stir chopped mint into the fruit. Spoon the fruit into 6 large chilled martini glasses. Garnish with peanuts.
- Makes 6 servings.