Fruit Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup
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Fruit Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Syrup
Description
The Fruit Salad features a mix of strawberries, grapes, peeled clementines, blueberries, sliced apples, and bananas, offering a variety of fresh textures and sweet-tart flavors. The accompanying syrup blends honey with fresh lemon and orange juice and poppy seeds, which is drizzled over the fruit and gently tossed to coat. The syrup dissolves the honey, brightens the fruit with citrus notes, and the poppy seeds add a slight crunch and visual interest.
The preparation suggests slicing apples and bananas just before adding the syrup to minimize browning, as the citrus juice helps preserve their color. This salad serves well as a fresh, vibrant side or dessert on warm days or gatherings requiring a light fruit dish.
Additional fruits like pineapple, kiwi, raspberries, and blackberries may be used as alternatives or additions based on preference or availability.
Ingredients
Fruit Salad Ingredients:
- 2 lbs strawberry hulled and halved or quartered if large, fresh
- 1 lb grapes any color, halved, fresh
- 6 clementines peeled well and separated into sections
- 1 cup blueberries fresh
- 1 to 2 apple cored, cut into sixths and sliced into 1/4" thick pieces
- 1 banana sliced
Orange Lemon Syrup:
- 4 Tbsp honey liquid
- lemon about 1/4 cup, juice of 1 large
- orange about ¼ cup, juice of 1 medium
- poppy seeds heaping 1/2 tsp
Optional Garnish:
- mint leaves
Instructions
- Squeeze juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange. Stir together syrup ingredients, mixing until honey is completely dissolved into the syrup.
- Rinse and slice fruit in the order that it is listed. Don't slice your apples or bananas until you're ready to add the syrup since the lemon in the syrup will keep them from browning.
- Drizzle syrup over the fruit and toss to evenly coat the fruit with syrup.
Notes
- Slice apples and bananas just before adding syrup to prevent browning due to citrus in the syrup.
- Other suitable fruits include pineapple, kiwi, raspberries, and blackberries for variety.
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Overall Rating
5
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