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Fruit Salad on Coconut Curd Toast

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Prep Time 10 minutes
15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients
  

Coconut Curd

  • 4 Egg Yolks
  • 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
  • 1 Cup Coconut Milk, stirred well if using canned
  • Pinch of Salt

Fruit Salad

  • 1 Banana, ripe
  • 1/2 an Apple (eat the other half while cooking!)
  • 2 Clementines
  • 1 Tablespoon Honey
  • 1 teaspoon Lime Juice (you could use lemon)
  • Small Pinch Salt
  • Toast, for serving on (this recipe will top about 4 slices)

Instructions
 

Make the Coconut Curd

  • Combine Brown Sugar, Coconut Milk, and Salt in a medium saucepan. Place over medium heat, and stir occasionally to form a homogenous mixture. We want to heat this up to just before it starts boiling - small bubbles gently popping at the surface with some visible steam.
  • As mixture on the stove is heating up, separate your 4 egg yolks and mix gently in a heat-proof bowl to break them up.
  • You may want to put on some music as the next steps will have you busy stirring for 10-15 minutes straight - your patience will be rewarded.
  • Once mixture is simmering with gentle bubbles, but not quite boiling, pour half (just estimate) into your yolks while whisking rapidly. Once thoroughly mixed, about 5 to 10 seconds, pour the yolk mixture back into the pot. Turn heat down to medium-low and cook while whisking constantly for 10-15 minutes. You'll see some gentle bubbles popping at surface and that's good. We cook for so long here for two reasons: to thicken the curd into a luxurious spread and to evaporate water out to intensify the flavor. If you like a thick spread, cook closer to 15 minutes. If you're unsure, remember the curd will thicken up a bit more once it's cooled down - you can't really go wrong, don't overthink it.
  • Once curd is finished, remove from heat. You can put it through a fine sieve here for a super creamy, smooth final product, but if you stir constantly this won't be necessary.

Make Fruit Salad

  • Combine the Honey, Lime Juice, and Salt. It only needs a very small pinch of salt! We aren't going for a salty dish, the salt will just enhance the flavor of our fruit.
  • Dice fruit, peel off as much pith (the white stuff) off the clementines you can, and mix in with the Honey-Lime dressing. Stir gently so you don't break up or bruise the fruit.

Put the Dish Together

  • Spread Coconut Curd on a piece of toasted bread. A leftover, toasted waffle is a great choice here! Spoon on some fruit salad and eat right away. Don't put this together ahead of time or your toast will get soggy. This amount of fruit makes about 4 slices of toast.