Fruit Salad With Vanilla Bean Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 pint blueberries
1/2 pint strawberry, halved
1 mango, pitted, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
1 -2 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
1/2 lb red seedless grapes
1 ruby grapefruits, segmented, juice reserved for syrup
1 cup honeydew melon, cubed
1 cup cantaloupe, cubed
1 cup pineapple, cubed
Syrup
1 vanilla bean
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

Using a knife, scrape the vanilla seeds from the pod, and place seeds and pod into a saucepan.
Add the water, sugar, and grapefruit juice.
If you were unable to find a ruby red grapefruit, please adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste.
If it's not a ruby red, you might need some more.
Bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until thickened into syrup, about 15 minutes.
Let cool, remove the pod, and place vanilla syrup in refrigerator until chilled.
Add prepared fruit into a bowl and toss with the chilled vanilla syrup.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.