Fruit Salad With Custard ! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For the fruit salad
3 cups mixed fruit, finely chopped (apple, banana, mango, peaches, seedless grapes, etc.)
1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon mango essence
For the custard sauce
6 cups whole milk
8 tablespoons vanilla custard powder
8 tablespoons sugar
For coconut fingers
1 tablespoon butter, for greasing
6 slices bread
1/2 cup condensed milk
6 tablespoons coconut, grated
For decoration
1/2 cup seedless pomegranate
3 -5 cherries

Preparation

For the fruit salad: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
Refrigerate until served.
For the custard sauce: Mix custard powder, sugar and 1 cup milk into a mixture, free of lumps.
Keep aside.
In a deep glass dish, microwave leftover milk on HIGH for 5 minutes uncovered.
Stir once in between.
Add custard solution, mix and microwave on medium (50 percent) for 7 minutes uncovered.
Stir once in between.
Cool the mixture and refrigerate until served.
Coconut fingers: Remove the brown edges of the bread and cut them into 2 lengthwise.
Arrange them on a greased ceramic plate on high-rack and grill for 5 minutes.
Turn over the bread slices.
Spread condensed milk followed by grated coconut on the soft side of each piece.
Grill further for 5 minutes.
Allow standing time of 2 minutes.
Cool and keep airtight.
To Serve: Take a serving bowl.
Put into it, 4 tbsp.
of fruit salad.
Add 1/2 cup custard sauce.
Mix extremely well.
Garnish with 1 tbsp.
pomegranate, top with a cherry and an inserted coconut finger per portion.
Serve this dream dessert chilled.
Alternatively, slice a few pieces of your favourite vanilla cake, top it with the custard sauce and cherries.
Serve chilled.
Tip: For a creamy and smooth custard sauce, one must always pass it through a sieve before refrigeration.