Goombay Fruit Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cantaloupe
• 3 bananas
• 1 lime, juice of
• 2 tangerines
• 1 papaya
• 2 mangoes
• 1 1/2 ounces sugar
• 1 tablespoon pineapple rum
• 12 ounces strawberries
• 8 cherries, pitted

Recipe

• 1 slash the cataloupe down the section lines, but do not cut as far as the base. carefully open like a flower and scoop out the seeds and some of the flesh. drain off the juice and preserve in a small bowl. chill the cantaloupe and juice for 1 hour.
• 2 peel the bananas, slice and dip into the lime juice. peel the tangerines, cut into segments and remove the seeds. cut the papaya in half, remove the seeds and dice the flesh. peel the mongoes; cut the flesh off the seeds and slice, preserving the juice.
• 3 strain the melon juce; mix with the sugar, adding the rum and blending well. set a few strawberries aside for decoration. mix all of the fruits together with juices and chill.
• 4 just before serving, fill the cantaloupe wth some of the furit salad, place onto a serving platter and arrange the remaining fruit around the base decorating with the strawberries.