Mojito Marinated Fruit
Ingredients:
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup light rum
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
2 cups each cantaloupe, honeydew and seedless watermelon balls
2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
3 mint sprigs
Additional mint sprigs, optional
Directions:
In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Stir in the rum, lime juice and peel. Cool.
In a large bowl, combine the melon, pineapple and mint. Add marinade; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Discard mint. Spoon fruit with syrup into serving cups. Garnish with additional mint if desired. Yield: 10 servings.
