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Haitian Summer Fruit Salad with mint lime rum syrup
This fruit salad features the best of Haiti's summer fruits and our favorite local rum Barbancourt.
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Prep Time
30
minutes
mins
Ingredients
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Pineapple
Other fruits of your choice such as mango
apricot, papaya or banana
Chopped ti bonm
mint or peppermint
For the syrup (optional)
6
parts of dark rum
3
parts of sugar
2-3
ti bonm leaves
Instructions
For the syrup
In a saucepan, combine the rum, sugar and ti bonm leaves
Bring to a boil
Simmer on low heat until it turns into a syrup
Remove from heat
Let cool
For the salad
Wash the fruits and separate them in two groups: the ones that will be cut and the ones that will be used for their juice
Cut the first group using a melon baller or dice them
Mix in cut fruits and juice
Put in the fridge Serve cool with the rum syrup (optional)