Description
This easy summer fruit salad has berries, cherries, peaches, and a mojito-inspired dressing — it’s refreshing and captures the best of summer fruits!
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- Zest of 1/2 lime (1 teaspoon)
- 4 Tablespoons fresh mint, torn, divided
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice (about 1/2 lime)
- 10 fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 fresh peaches, sliced
- 1 cup fresh red cherries, pitted and halved (about 20)
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries
- 2 Tablespoons fresh mint, torn
Instructions
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Zest half the lime into a small bowl (about one teaspoon zest). Add the sugar and two Tablespoons torn mint and mash with the back of a spoon until the mixture is fragrant and resembles wet sand.
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Add the fruit to a large bowl. Add the sugar mixture and then add in lime juice. Stir gently to combine, then let sit for five minutes. Stir once more to coat the fruit with the juices collected in the bottom of the bowl. Taste, and if the mixture is too sweet, add more lime juice, one teaspoon at a time. If you want it sweeter, add the more sugar, one teaspoon at a time.
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Eat right away or let sit for up to one hour at room temperature. The salad can also be refrigerated for up to one day, but note that the fruit texture will change over time.
Notes
Store this fruit salad in an airtight container in a refrigerator, and it will stay good for two to three days, but note that the fruit may become slightly mushy.
