Summer fruits salad with Anthotyro cheese drizzled with ouzo-scented syrup

A very easy but also very tasty and refreshing fruit salad to end up a nice Summer dinner! Seasonal fruits in small bites along with some elegant Anthotyro cheese and poured over with a special syrup!

Recipe of Vassilis Kallides,

a prominent Head Cook and food author

"Cook Book" magazine of "ETHNOS" newspaper

Ingredients (for 4 people)

For the salad:

2 cups of watermelon, cut in small cubes

1 cup of melon, cut in small cubes

1 handful of sweet white grapes (without pips)

8 ripe but firm fresh figs, peeled and cut in quarters

200gr. of Anthotyro cheese, cut in small cubes

For the syrup:

4 tbsp of granulated sugar

1/2 cup of water

1 shot of ouzo

1 pinch of ground cinnamon

basil or spearmint leaves to garnish

Method:

Put the water and the sugar into a small saucepan and boil for 5 minutes in medium heat. Add the ouzo and the cinnamon and boil for another 1-2 minutes.

Transfer the syrup into a sterilised jar and leave in the fridge to chill.

Divide the fruit cubes into chilled bowls and scatter on top with the cheese.

Drizzle with the ouzo-scented syrup, garnish with some fresh basil (or spearmint) leaves and serve immediately.