Fresh Fruit with Ginger Sauce

Ingredients

This is a delicious sauce that is easily prepared in a microwave oven. It goes well with chocolate cake, rice pudding, poached pears or an apple tart.

• Put the ginger and half and half in a microwave safe bowl and cook, uncovered on high for 2 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Combine the sugar and the flour and stir into the ginger mixture with a fork.
• Stir in the yolks until blended.
• Microwave uncovered on high, stirring every 15 seconds or until the sauce coats a spoon.
• Strain the sauce into a bowl and  chill for 1 hour.
• Pit and slice the plums, then cut the strawberries in half.
• Add the fruit to the bowls, top with the sauce and mint sprigs.