Papaya and dragon fruit salad

Papaya and dragon fruit salad

A sweet dessert recipe using papaya, lychees and dragon fruit with meringue and double cream, just like an exotic Eton mess.

Papaya and dragon fruit salad

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 15 minutes

A sweet dessert recipe using papaya, lychees and dragon fruit with meringue and double cream, just like an exotic Eton mess.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
475kcals
Fat
33.7g (20.9g saturated)
Protein
2.4g
Carbohydrates
40.1g (41g sugars)

Ingredients

425g can seedless lychees in syrup, drained
250ml double cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
2 papayas, seeds removed, sliced
2 dragon fruit, peeled and sliced
Juice of 1 lime
1-2 ready-made meringues, crushed

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Method

  1. Whizz half the lychees to a purée in a food processor. Whip the cream to stiff peaks, then fold in the purée and sugar. Chill.
  2. Mix the remaining lychees and other fruit in a bowl. Dress with the lime juice, then serve in glass bowls with a spoonful of the lychee cream, garnished with meringue.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
475kcals
Fat
33.7g (20.9g saturated)
Protein
2.4g
Carbohydrates
40.1g (41g sugars)

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