Spiced Grapefruit and Orange Salad

Salad
Excellent served with ham.

Servings: 8	‹ Back to Salads
• 1/3 cup sugar • 1/3 cup water • 3 whole star anise • 5 large ruby red or pink grapefruit • 4 oranges

Dissolve sugar in water in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring. Add star anise and simmer 5 minutes. Let stand off heat 30 minutes.

Cut peel, including white pith, from fruit with a sharp knife. Cut segments free from membranes into a bowl. Squeeze juice from membranes into bowl.

Add syrup with star anise to fruit and juice and stir gently. Remove star anise before serving if desired.

COOKS NOTE: Salad can be made 1 day ahead and chilled.

Per Serving: 123 Calories; 1g Fat (4.2% calories from fat); trace Saturated Fat; 2g Protein; 30g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; trace Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Fruit; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.