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Tropical Fruit Salad

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 8

Ingredients

1 pineapple (about 5 pounds), peeled, cored, and cut crosswise into thin slices
1 papaya (about 1 pound), peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut crosswise into thin slices
1 star fruit, cut crosswise into thin slices
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice, plus 3 tablespoons grated lime zest strips, for garnish (4 to 6 limes total)
Light rum (optional)

Preparation

  1. Arrange the pineapple on a large platter. Top with a layer each of papaya and star fruit. Sprinkle the fruit with sugar, lime juice, and rum, if desired. Garnish with lime zest.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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