Vary this easy fruit salad with whatever fruits you can find in the shops. Fruit salad recipe fruits make a nice addition too such as mango, passionfruit or even persimmon or dragon fruit. Skip the syrup if you don’t have time. Squeeze more juice out of the remaining citrus fruit into the bowl.
Set aside the orange and grapefruit segments. Peel a large strip of lime zest from the lime, avoiding any of the white pith. Heat until the sugar has dissolved, stirring once or twice. Add the lemongrass, lime zest and ginger and then bring to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes.
Turn off the heat and leave the syrup to cool. For the fruit salad, remove the seeds from the pomegranate and slice the banana. Peel another slice of zest from the lime using a vegetable peeler, avoiding any of the white pith. Slice it very finely and reserve this for decoration.
Set aside the remaining lime as you will need the juice. Cut the grapes in half and slice the kiwi. Finally chop the pear and apple, pouring a little lime juice over the apple to retain its colour. Combine all the fruit in a large bowl or in individual serving dishes or Martini glasses. Pour over the syrup, to taste.