Fresh Fruit Cocktail Salad
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Serve this Fresh Fruit Cocktail Salad for your next weekend brunch, family gathering, or potluck dinner. Everybody loves fruit, and this fresh fruit salad is a winner. It’s coated in a citrus dressing so your fruit won’t turn color on you, which is also very nice.
(Post modified on 7/10/23.)
When I made this salad the first time, it was springtime so berries were in season and on sale. It’s always a good idea to shop for seasonal fresh fruit to get the best buy. Peaches would also be a good addition in summer.
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Ingredients for Fresh Fruit Cocktail Salad
(See the full recipe at the bottom of this post.)
- strawberries
- fresh pineapple (canned chunk pineapple works, too)
- blackberries
- blueberries
- red grapes
- kiwi
- mandarin oranges (okay to use canned mandarin oranges)
- bananas
Citrus Dressing
- honey
- lemon zest
- lemon juice
- pineapple juice (reserved)
Instructions for Making This Recipe
Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table. Prepare your fruit.
Rinse all of the fresh fruit and drain in a colander. As each fruit is prepared, place in a large bowl.
With a cutting board and sharp knife, remove tops from strawberries and slice in half. Slice pineapple (or drain canned pineapple chunks).
Watch this video on How to Cut up a Pineapple from the Recipe Rebel.
Slice red grapes in half. Peel and chop kiwi into chunks. Remove peel and section mandarin oranges (or drain canned mandarins). Peel and slice bananas.
Prepare the Citrus Dressing
Zest one lemon. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice from the lemon.
In a small bowl, combine honey, the lemon zest, the fresh lemon juice, and the reserved pineapple juice. Whisk to mix well.
Pour the dressing over the fresh fruit. Gently toss to coat. Place fruit in a pretty serving bowl. Serves 8-10.
Serve this Fresh Fruit Cocktail Salad with your favorite sweet breads and Ham and Hash Brown Egg Casserole, Weekend Brunch Casserole, or Breakfast Quiche.
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Fresh Fruit Cocktail Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 quart fresh strawberries
- 1 whole fresh pineapple or 20 oz canned chunk pineapple
- 12 oz fresh blackberries
- 10 oz red grapes
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- 3 whole kiwi
- 3 whole mandarin oranges or 15 oz. canned mandarin oranges
- 2 large bananas
Citrus Dressing
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 tablespoon pineapple juice
Instructions
- Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table. Prepare your fruit.
- Rinse all of the fresh fruit and drain in a colander. As each fruit is prepared, place in large bowl.
- Using a cutting board and sharp knife, remove tops from strawberries and slice in half. Slice pineapple (or drain canned pineapple chunks) Reserve any juice for the dressing. Slice red grapes in half. Peel and chop kiwi into chunks. Remove peel and section mandarin oranges (or drain canned mandarins). Peel and slice bananas.
- Add rinsed blackberries and blueberries to the rest of the fruit in the bowl.
Prepare the Citrus Dressing
- Zest one lemon. Using a citrus juicer, squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- In a small bowl, combine honey, the lemon zest, the freshly squeezed lemon juice, and the reserved pineapple juice. Whisk to mix well.
- Pour the dressing over the fresh fruit. Gently toss to coat. Place fruit in a pretty serving bowl. Serves 8-10.
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