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Winter fruit salad with sweet tofu cream

Name: Winter fruit salad with sweet tofu cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 300g firm tofu, drained; 1 teaspoon grated lime zest; 1/4 cup (60ml) lime juice; 3 teaspoons honey; 100g pitted prunes; 100g whole dried figs; 200g bag mixed dried whole fruit; 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 1 cinnamon quill

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Winter fruit salad with sweet tofu cream

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by Nancy Duran

Recipe developer and food writer

Oct 03, 2015

Tofu is surprisingly versatile - turn it into a sweet cream to be dolloped on this warm winter fruit salad.

300g firm tofu, drained
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1/4 cup (60ml) lime juice
3 teaspoons honey

Winter fruit salad

100g pitted prunes
100g whole dried figs
200g bag mixed dried whole fruit
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
1 cinnamon quill

Method

1.

For fruit, place all ingredients in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat and cook for 10 minutes until fruits are plump. Transfer fruit to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Simmer liquid over medium heat until reduced by half. Pour over fruit, cover and chill.
2.

Whiz tofu in a food processor until smooth and thick. Add zest, juice and honey and process to combine. Serve with winter fruit salad.

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