- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup kumquats, sliced thin and seeded
- 1/2 cup Orange Muscat such as Essensia
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 pound black grapes (about 1 1/2 cups), halved, seeded, and sliced very thin
- 3 kiwifruits, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin
- In a saucepan simmer water with sugar and kumquats 10 minutes and stir in Muscat and lemon juice. Simmer mixture 3 minutes. Chill soup until cold, at least 2 hours, and up to 3 days. Stir grapes and kiwifruits into soup and ladle into 6 soup bowls.