Kiwi Kumquat Salad with Key Lime Syrup

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Ingredients:
6 kiwi, sliced
6 kumquats, sliced or halved
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon key lime juice
1/2 teaspoon key lime zest

Directions:

In a saucepan, bring water, sugar, juice and zest to a boil. Stir until completely dissolved and syrup has thickened. Meanwhile, arrange fruit in a bowl. Cool the syrup completely then pour over fruit. Pour any leftover syrup into a clean jar and cap tightly. Store leftover syrup in the refrigerator.

My thoughts:

I made this little fruit salad for breakfast this morning. It couldn’t be simpler. I enjoyed the simple kiwi-kumquat combo but I bet it would be divine with some added chunks of citrus. Maybe blood oranges?

12 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    February 12, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    Hi Rachel – this salad just exudes “summertime” to me… a very warming and encouraging thought amongst all of the winter-y coldness we are experiencing!

  2. Julie
    February 13, 2007 at 3:43 am

    This does look summery, but of course kumquats are around now. It reminds me of an incredible dessert I had at an incredible restaurant in Toronto. It was kumquat turnover topped with the greatest little candied kumquat. Your cheddar muffins look great too. Perfectly balanced with that extra bit of cornmeal.

  3. Anonymous
    February 13, 2007 at 2:23 pm

    Doesn’t that look good?? Yummy!

  4. Emmy
    February 13, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    That looks so delicious! I wish I had that for my breakfast 🙂

    BTW, I emailed you a recipe this morning.

  5. Trig
    February 13, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Something more tart, to counterbalance the sweetness?

  6. Lisa Fain (Homesick Texan)
    February 13, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    I’ve never had kumquats before (I don’t know why!) I should try this.

  7. Freya
    February 13, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    Delicious! Blood oranges would be lovely too! Now, where’s that sunshine?

  8. Rachel Rubin
    February 14, 2007 at 3:01 am

    That looks so fresh! What a great breakfast.

  9. Gattina Cheung
    February 14, 2007 at 11:01 am

    Whao, simple yet delicious!!! I think kiwi and kumquat make a great pair too!

  10. Dianka
    February 14, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    Yum, this looks so refreshing! Talk about a vitamin booster!

  11. Coffee and Vanilla
    April 30, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Hi,

    I’m hosting AFAM – kumquats this month, today is the last day and I would love to have this recipe as your entry.

    coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=2011

    Thank you, Margot

  12. Coffee and Vanilla
    May 2, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Hi,

    Just a short note to let you know that April’s AFAM (Kumquats) round-up is now online:

    coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=2213

    Margot