Madagascar Salady Voankazo

This is one of the recipes I found to serve at a dinner honoring our missionaries to Madagascar after I had been on a mission trip there. It is a fruit compote with lychee nuts.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 quart

Ingredients

• 1  cup pineapple, fresh but in 1 inch pieces
• 1  cup cantaloupe, cut in small pieces
• 1  cup orange, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup strawberry
• 1⁄2 cup lychees
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 2  tablespoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix pineapple, cantaloupe, oranges, strawberries and lychee.
2. In a small saucepan combine sugar, water, salt and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
3. Add vanilla.
4. Pour hot syrup over the fruit and chill in fridge for 1 hour.