Stone Fruit Salad
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Stone Fruit Salad
Description
This Stone Fruit Salad features a colorful combination of ripe peaches, nectarines, plums, and grapes, cut into bite-sized pieces. Fresh mint leaves are finely sliced and mixed in to add a cool, aromatic contrast that enhances the natural fruit sweetness.
The salad is dressed with a simple vanilla honey syrup made by stirring honey and hot water with vanilla extract until combined and cooled, then poured over the fruit. This adds a mild floral sweetness and slight moisture, helping to blend the flavors and provide a slight glaze to the fruit.
Served chilled or at room temperature, this salad suits brunches, picnics, or as a light dessert. The fresh fruit's varying textures and the syrup's sweetness combined with the herbaceous mint create a balanced flavor profile.
Ingredients
- 4 peaches
- 4 nectarines
- 4 plum
- 1 grapes small bunch
- 6 to 8 mint finely sliced, leaves
Vanilla Honey Syrup
- 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons water hot
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prep the stone fruits. Wash all the stone fruit and slice around the pit. Remove the pit and slice each fruit into 8 pieces and place in a bowl. Remove the grapes from the stems and add to the bowl along with the mint.
- Make the syrup. In a small cup, mix the honey, hot water and vanilla extract. Stir until combined and let cool.
- Toss it all together. Drizzle the syrup on the fruit salad and mix together until everything is well coated. Refrigerate or serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 134 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 134kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 33g | 11% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 26mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 329mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 29g | 58% |
| Vitamin A | 835IU | 17% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.