Although these types of recipes can (and should) be taken throughout the year, I especially like them in the hottest season as they are refreshing and they are one of the fastest and healthiest desserts To prepare. I am referring, of course, to desserts with fruit, and this one in particular, a classic.
Learn to prepare homemade fruit salad, the recipe for the healthiest and tastiest dessert that you can eat You have it ready in a few minutes and you can customize it so that it is 100% to your liking.
Follow the recipe to find out how to prepare each fruit and what elements can be added to give it a different flavor pointfrom aromatic herbs to juices and liqueurs, and even the level of sweetness.
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Ingredients to prepare homemade fruit salad, the recipe for the healthiest and tastiest dessert (4 servings):
- Fruits to your liking. In this case for 4 servings I have used:
- 1/2 pineapple.
- 2 peaches.
- 8 strawberries.
- 2 kiwis.
- 2 slices of watermelon.
- And you can add some of these elements, none or all:
- Juice of 1 or 2 oranges, depending on whether you like it with more or less liquid.
- Sugar, you can not add it or add it to your liking, for example 1 dessert spoon.
- A few mint leaves or fresh mint.
- 1 shot of rum or liqueur (optional, and only if the kids are not going to drink it, in which case you could only opt for non-alcoholic liqueurs).
Preparation, how to make homemade fruit salad, the healthiest and tastiest dessert:
- You can prepare the fruit salad without any liquid, so you could go to the step of preparing the fruit, but if not, start by squeezing the oranges and strain the juice if it has bones.
- If you are going to want to put sugar I recommend you put it in a saucepan Orange juice together with the sugar and cook 10 minutes or 15 minutes until the mixture thickens a little. Once this is done we will have achieved that the sugar dissolves in the juice and creates a light syrupso if a lot of liquid has evaporated you can squeeze more juice and add it.
- Wait for the mixture to cool down a bit (or do it now if you haven’t done the syrup process) and add the peppermint wave mint chopped and the shot of Ron either liqueur. Remember that you can choose whether to add these ingredients or not.
- Leave the juice in the fridge to be able to use it completely cold later.
- We are going to prepare each of the fruits:
- Pineapple: cut the pineapple in half, cut the upper part of the leaves and the lower part and peel it with the knife to leave only the yellow part. Now cut it in half and remove the central area that is harder and not eaten. Cut each quarter in half and then into slices, they will be like me with a triangular shape.
- peaches: peel them with a knife or a potato peeler, cut the pieces around the bone and cut them more if they are large.
- StrawberriesDirections: wash them, dry them with kitchen paper, cut off the green tail and cut them in half or quarters, depending on their size.
- kiwis: Peel the kiwis with a knife or a potato peeler, then in half and finally in slices.
- WatermelonCut a couple of slices, remove the skin and cut the pulp into cubes.
- Go mixing the fruits in a bowl and when you have them all ready add the liquid that we had reserved in the fridge.
- Mix all the ingredients of the fruit salad
- Mix with the help of a spoon, cover the bowl and leave it in the fridge for at least 15 minutes so that the flavors integrate well, although you can prepare it a few hours in advance
Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Serve and taste:
Take the fruit salad very cold fresh from the fridge or, if you prefer it more at room temperatureTake it out of the fridge for a while before consuming it. If you have plenty don’t worry, you can keep it in the fridge for 1 or 2 days depending on whether the fruits were more or less soft and ripe, although this also depends on taste. Personally, I like the fruit to stay crisp and I don’t want to let it rest overnight, but there are those who precisely appreciate that they are a little softer and mixed.
There are few things richer than eating seasonal fruits and freshly prepared. In addition, the touch of orange juice and mint make them feel great, which is how I usually drink it at home. It is a combination of flavors and textures of authentic… scandal!
Variations of the homemade fruit salad recipe, the healthiest and tastiest dessert:
You can use the fruits you prefer. For example, apple, pear, banana, melon, cherries, grapes, nectarines, mango, persimmons… to your liking, and trying to ensure that they are in season so that the fruit salad is as tasty as possible.
You can also choose the amount of juice if you add spearmint or peppermint (but do not go overboard with the amount so that they do not hide the flavor of the fruits) and if you incorporate some rum or liquor for example Cointreau, Grand Marnier or Licor 43, Calvados if you have added apple or a splash of Grenadine.
Tips:
Take into account your tastes when choosing fruits As for the point of maturation that they have If you like the fruits of the fruit salad to reach the mouth crispy, choose them that are not very ripe or soft and rest them in the liquid and already cut for only a few hours. If, on the other hand, you like them rather squishy and impregnated with the flavor of the rest of the fruits, choose them more mature, add more juice so that they are more soaked and even let them rest already prepared from one day to the next.