Drunken Fruits

Fruits, Desserts, and Other Sweet Foods

Drunken Fruits
Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons cooked barley
½ cup goji berries
3 Tablespoons soaked and drained goji berries
3 canned water chestnuts, cut into slices around each one
1 Tablespoon water chestnut flour
2 cups white rock sugar
dash of pink Himalayan sea salt
1 cup sliced banana the long way and each slice cut in half
Big blueberries
A ripe melon cut into small balls
A ripe mango cut into balls
½ cup red raspberries
1 cup fermented rice with its liquid

Preparation:
1. Mix cooked barley, drained goji berries, circularly cut water chestnut pieces, water chestnut flour, rock sugar, sea salt, and the four fruit pieces in a pot, add 3 cups cold water, and bring this to the boil, add the fermented rice but not its liquid. Bring this to the boil and when thickened, remove the fruit and let the liquid cool.
2. Return the fruit to the liquid, and serve hot, at room temperature, or refrigerate and serve cold.

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