Summer Fruit Salad with Lemon-and-Honey Syrup

Ingredients

• 0.5 pound apricots pitted quartered
• 3 cups cantaloupe peeled chopped
• 6  figs fresh quartered
• 0.5 cup mint leaves fresh chopped
• 2 cups grapes seedless
• 0.3 cup honey 
• 2 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
• 1.5 cups peaches peeled chopped ( 2 peaches)
• 0.5 pound cherries sweet pitted halved
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup water 

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan

Directions

1. To prepare syrup, combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium, and cook until mixture is reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15 minutes).
2. To prepare salad, place cantaloupe and the next 5 ingredients (cantaloupe through apricots) in a large bowl.
3. Pour syrup over fruit; toss gently to coat. Cover and chill 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Toss with mint just before serving.