Summer currant and berry fruit salad with sweet geranium leaves
Sweet geranium (Pelargonium Graveolens) and many other varieties of scented geraniums are ever present on our windowsills here at Ballymaloe.
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
Ingredients
110g raspberries
110g loganberries
110g redcurrants
110g blackcurrants
110g small strawberries
110g blueberries
110g fraises du bois or wild strawberries
110g blackberries
Syrup
325g sugar
450ml water
6-8 large sweet geranium leaves
Method
Put all the freshly picked berries into a white china or glass bowl. Put the sugar, water and sweet geranium leaves into a stainless steel saucepan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
Boil for just 2 minutes. Cool for 4-5 minutes then pour the hot syrup over the fruit and allow to macerate for several hours.
Remove the geranium leaves. Serve chilled, with softly-whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream or alone.
Garnish with a few fresh sweet geranium leaves.
