Tropical fruit crumble

By Kenny MacAlpine

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

2 Scottish shortbread biscuits
1 tbsp maple syrup 

125 ml (4 fl oz) low-fat 
  mascarpone cheese
1 tbsp each of natural Greek 
  yoghurt, runny honey, and 
  icing sugar
A little chopped stem ginger
1 slice fresh pineapple
½ ripe mango and one ripe papaya, 
  both skinned and diced 
5 – 6 orange segments
1 kiwi fruit, skinned and diced
 


For crumble mix:
2 tbsp toasted porridge oats
1 tsp each brown sugar, 
  crushed pecan nuts and hazelnuts

Soak biscuits with maple syrup and place in the bottom of a large balloon glass (one for each portion). Prepare and chop up pineapple, mango, papaya, orange and kiwi fruit.

Mix mascarpone, yoghurt, honey, icing sugar and ginger until smooth. Check taste and adjust accordingly. Lightly blend the fruit through the mascarpone and honey mixture — but don’t overmix — and pile neatly on top of the biscuits. Prepare crumble by mixing ingredients and sprinkle on top of the fruit (muesli could be used as an alternative). Finish with a sprig of mint and sliced strawberry. 


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