| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 25 min |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 jalapeno, cut lengthways and seeded
- Zest and juice of 1/2 lime
- 1 cup hulled and halved strawberries
- 1 cup cubed honeydew melon
- 1 cup green seedless grapes, halved lengthwise
- 1 cup red seedless grapes, halved lengthwise
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
Instructions
- For the spicy syrup: Put the sugar, jalapeno and 1/2 cup water in a pan and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat and simmer until the liquid has reduced to a thin syrup, about 10 minutes. Remove the jalapeno. Let the syrup cool, then add the lime zest and juice.
- For the cowboy fruit salad: Add the strawberries, melon and green and red grapes to a bowl, pour over all of the syrup and toss. Sprinkle over the mint leaves.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 90 |
| Total Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 23 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 20 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 8 mg |
Reviews
Awesome taste! The jalapeño cooked with the sugar water added the perfect “spiciness” to the fruit! Made this recipe for 2 different occasions and was a hit!
This was so good! Surprised everyone at the get together. Spicy, sweet so refreshing. Used pineapple, strawberries and peaches.
Delightful! As others stated, the jalapeño syrup made your tastebuds happy. I used mangos, blackberries and strawberries and it was a big hit. I will definitely be using the syrup in drinks and will probably make it a little more spicy.
Rave reviews every time! So much flavor; the jalapeno simple syrup is genius, and the mint gives it that fun “what’s that I’m tasting” twist. Delish.
Delicious! Don’t throw the jalapeno away, it’s good!
I love this! I made this salad but I will be using this japaleno syrup for other recipes as well. This is great on any fruits, in drinks many uses. yumm!