The Best Summer Fruit Salad Recipe

When you here the word “salad,” do you automatically picture a chunk of iceberg lettuce or a bowl of leafy greens? Those are all fine ways to enjoy your produce, but when you feel like mixing things up, sweeten your next meal with this zesty fruit salad by Allrecipes.

What You’ll Need

Make your grocery list and check it twice, because these are the items that you’ll need to make both the fruit salad and the citrusy sauce that goes on top. Try to make your grocery run soon before actually preparing the salad, because freshness always counts when you’re working with fruit.

For the sauce:

• ⅔ cup of orange juice (freshly squeezed juice is recommended)
• ⅓ cup of lemon juice (fresh is also the way to go for this juice)
• ⅓ cup of brown sugar, well packed
• ½ teaspoon of orange zest, grated
• ½ teaspoon of lemon zest, grated
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

For the salad:

• 2 cups of pineapple, fresh and cubed
• 2 cups of strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 3 bananas, sliced
• 2 oranges, peeled and divided
• 1 cup of grapes (make sure to get the seedless variety!)
• 2 cups of blueberries

The Citrus Sauce

To make the sauce, combine all the ingredients except for the extract in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Once the sauce starts to boil, drop the heat down to let it simmer until it just begins to thicken, then take it off the heat and add the vanilla.

The Fruit Salad

There’s no cooking involved for the salad itself, but for proper presentation, you’ll need to build it in layers. The pineapple goes in first, followed by the rest in the same descending order as the ingredients list. Let the sauce cool before drizzling it over the salad, chill it in the fridge for a few hours.

What Goes with Fruit Salad?

Of course, a salad this tasty is completely fine on its own, but if you’d like to enjoy it as part of a larger meal, this list from The Tasty Tip has some recommendations on what you can prepare to go along with a flavorful fruit salad. If that mix has been chilling in the fridge overnight, it’ll make a lovely breakfast, and you can serve it up with a blueberry muffin or raspberry kolache to complement the medley of berries already on your table. You could also double down on the sweetness and go with a cinnamon roll, or go with a heartier option like a breakfast burrito. All kinds of sandwiches would make a fine pairing for lunch, and for dinner, the sweet tartness of the fruit holds up well to substantial options like beef or salmon.

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