Winter fruit salad

10-30 minutes 200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes 6 servings apricots cranberries dried fruit dried fruits earl grey earl grey tea bag earl grey tea bags everyday food figs honey lemon juice mascarpone pears prunes quick vanilla vanilla pod vanilla pods winter fruit salad winter fruits yogurt

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Ingredients

600g good-quality ready-to-eat dried fruit (such as prunes, pears, apricots, figs cranberries)

3 tbsp clear honey

1 vanilla pod , split lengthways

1 Earl Grey tea bag

1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

mascarpone or Greek yogurt, to serve

Method

Tip the fruits and 700ml/11⁄4 pints cold water into a large saucepan. Add the honey and vanilla, scraping the seeds from the pod into the pan. Bring to the boil. Stir well, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes until slightly syrupy.

Take the pan off the heat and stir in the tea bag. Leave to infuse for 10 minutes.

Discard the tea bag and vanilla pod, tip the fruits and liquid into a non-metallic bowl and pour over the lemon juice. Stir, then leave to cool. Cover and chill until ready to serve.