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Try Cai (Fruits In Syrup)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 2 teaspoons lemon or lime juice
  • 1 orange
  • 2 cups fresh pineapple; cubed
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or canned lychees

Directions

  1. Cook the sugar and water into a syrup.
  2. Cool and stir in sherry and lemon/lime juice.
  3. Peel and segment the orange; toss with the pineapple and lychees.
  4. Pour the syrup over the fruits.
  5. Chill 1 hour.
  6. Serve.
Yield
6