Five-Spice Fall Fruit Salad

From the kitchen of Carly

Plums and figs swim in a spiced honey syrup warmed with vanilla, ginger, and five-spice powder. Make it ahead, chill overnight, and you've got a sophisticated fruit salad that tastes like fall in a bowl. Perfect for dinner parties or quiet afternoons.

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Ingredients

4 servings

  • 13/4 cup honey
  • 11/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped
  • 11 1-inch piece ginger, thinly sliced
  • 11 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
  • 12 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 15 black plums, pitted and sliced
  • 15 red plums, pitted and sliced
  • 18 figs

Instructions

  1. Place 3/4 cup water in a medium saucepan. Add the honey, vanilla bean pod with seeds, ginger, and five-spice powder. Bring to a boil and stir until honey dissolves. Set aside to cool completely, and stir in lemon juice. Discard ginger and vanilla bean pod.

  2. In a large bowl, pour cooled syrup over the sliced plums. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours, or overnight in the refrigerator.

  3. An hour before serving, slice figs in half and gently fold into plum mixture. To serve, use a slotted spoon to ladle fruit into a serving bowl.