Fresh Fruit Salad

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Fresh Fruit Salad is a must in my house. Delicious berries and ripe melon in season make everyone very happy. Fruit imported during the Winter can be good but it lacks the natural flavor of the season and it’s more expensive. We never had raspberries or blackberries during Winter; when I was a child.

While tossing the Fresh Fruit Salad together in a pretty bowl is easy and makes a great presentation; I actually prefer to serve the fruit separately. I mix the berries in one bowl and melons of different colors in another. Pineapple, in particular is better in its own bowl. The acid tends to breaks down the other fruit. I also find that the melon juices make the berries mushy when they sit in them too long.

Moral of the story: If you’re serving a fruit salad to a crowd and want to dress it up with liqueur , you should put it all in a bowl together. If you’re serving it without any add-ons, I prefer to separate the fruit. Whatever isn’t eaten will last longer that way.

Note: Silly as this might sound, if you are prone to using silver bowls, don’t use them for pineapple. The acid will eat right through the silver.

Click on the link for another wonderful way to serve fruit: Ambrosia

Prep time: 30 minutes

Fresh Fruit Salad

By Gloria Kobrin Published: January 7, 2014

  • Yield:

  • 8-10 cups (8 Servings)

Ingredients

  • 8-10 Cups Fresh Fruit Peaches, Plum, Apricots, Seedless Grapes, Apples, Melon, Pineapple, Bananas, Assorted Berries
  • 3/4 Cup Orange Juice
  • 3 Tablespoons Sugar
  • Mint Leaves
  • 1/8 Cup Liqueur

Equipment

  • Large Mixing Bowl

Directions

  1. Peel the thick skinned fruit: melons, pineapple, peaches, kiwis and apples. Plums and apricots need not be peeled. Slice or chunk fruit and put into mixing bowl. Add grapes. Toss gently. Add bananas last.( Bananas turn brown when exposed to air.) Toss fruit lightly. Cover bowl. Chill 30 minutes. Taste.
  2. Add orange juice and sugar for a sweeter taste. Add lemon juice for a tarter flavor.
  3. Know your guests. A splash of liqueur always perks up a fruit salad for adults although children usually find it an odd taste.
  4. I like to add the berries as a decoration on top of the fruit salad. First of all, it looks pretty; and second of all you avoid the berries staining all the other fruit.
  5. Mint leaves and lemon zest can also be added as decoration and to enhance the flavors of the fruit.