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Fruit Skewers with Passionfruit Yogurt Dip

Ingredients

 
  1. 1 pear, cored, cut into thin wedges
  2. 1 firm ripe banana, thickly sliced
  3. 1 apple (such as Royal Gala, Pink Lady or Golden Delicious), cored, cut into thin wedges
  4. 125g strawberries, hulled, halved if large
  5. 1 orange, peeled, deseeded, cut into thin wedges
  6. 2 large apricots, deseeded, cut into thin wedges
  7. 1/2 large ripe mango, flesh cut into chunks
  8. Passionfruit Yogurt Dip:
  9. 200g tub low fat vanilla yogurt
  10. 2 passionfruit, pulp removed
  11. 1 teaspoon pure floral honey, or to taste (optional)

Method

To make the Passionfruit Yogurt Dip, combine the yogurt and passionfruit pulp and stir well.

Taste and sweeten with honey (if using).

Place in a serving dish, cover and refrigerate until serving time.

Thread the fruit onto short skewers or toothpicks.

Serve accompanied by the Passionfruit Yogurt Dip for dipping.

Variation - Fruit Skewers with Chocolate Fondue:
80g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped
2 tbsp light evaporated milk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Omit the Passionfruit Yogurt Dip for this version.

Prepare the fruit skewers as described above.

To make the chocolate fondue dipping sauce, combine the chocolate, light the evaporated milk and vanilla essence in a small saucepan.

Stir over low heat until chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.

Pour into a bowl and serve immediately with the fruit skewers.

Recipes reproduced with permission from The Low GI Family Cookbook by Kaye Foster-Powell, Anneka Manning, Professor Jennie Brand-Miller and Philippa Sandall, Hachette Australia 2008.

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