Fruit Salad With Lemon-Cinnamon Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
3 1-inch strips of lemon zest
1 cinnamon stick
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 mango, pitted, peeled, and cut into chunks
4 white peaches, pitted and cut into bite-sized pieces
2 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
4 (6 ounce) containers fresh raspberries
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation

Place the sugar, water, lemon zest, cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Strain the syrup through a mesh strainer; refrigerate until cold.
Place the mango, peaches, apple, raspberries, mint, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a mixing bowl. Pour the chilled syrup overtop and gently stir to combine.