The Best Summer Fruit Salad

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Let me introduce you to the fruit salad that everybody will rave about. We name it the triple fruit salad with lemon poppy seed dressing, however everybody else simply calls it “The Finest Summer time Fruit Salad” as a result of, nicely, it truly is. Each time we convey this to a celebration or a potluck, it’s at all times the very first thing gone. Individuals can’t resist the profitable mixture of pineapple, kiwi, and strawberry.

Get pleasure from extra freshness of the summer time season with our Summer Peach Salad.

Why Our Recipe

Solely three fruits which makes preparation fairly darn straightforward!
Essentially the most scrumptious easy dressing that lets the fruit shine.

A close up view of a wooden spoon dishing out fruit salad from a bowl.

Did anybody else develop up considering that fruit salad simply meant a bunch of various sorts of fruit combined collectively in a bowl? There was by no means any type of dressing and at all times means an excessive amount of cantaloupe! Cantaloupe in a fruit salad simply makes every thing else style like cantaloupe. No thanks. That is the proper mix of our favourite summer time fruit topped with an incredible lemon poppy seed dressing. Yum!

Ingredient Notes

An overhead view of the ingredients needed to make a summer fruit salad.

Pineapple: use recent, after all. Check for ripeness by giving one of many leaves on high a delicate tug. If it comes out simply, your pineapple is ripe and able to eat.
Strawberries: slice or quarter them. If they’re larger, I slice them. If they’re a extra regular measurement, I quarter them. For these occasional tiny strawberries, halvsies is an efficient choice.
Kiwis: I like to chop them in half after which use a spoon to take away the flesh, or you possibly can slice the ends off and use a pairing knife to take away the peel.
Lemon: that is going to brighten up the flavors of your fruit. It’s like a secret weapon for fruit salads.
Sugar: if you happen to can’t deal with the sugar, you possibly can substitute with an equal quantity of honey. The added sweetness is about balancing the acidity and tartness of the pineapple.
Poppy Seeds: okay, if it appears to be like like ants to you, I’ll allow you to depart them off. However I really like a great poppy seed dressing!

Sugar

Relying on their ripeness, fruits have varied ranges of pure sugars. When working with acidic fruits like pineapple and strawberries, it’s a standard apply so as to add a sweetener to offer a extra balanced taste. It’s a good suggestion to style your fruit earlier than making ready the salad to see if it might be on the sweeter aspect, or whether it is on the extra acidic aspect. Including sugar or honey to a extra acidic pineapple and batch of strawberries will assist stability the flavour.

How do I minimize a pineapple?

Aren’t certain the right way to minimize a pineapple? I don’t blame you. These pokey fruits is usually a beast. Pineapple cutters seem to be an awesome concept, however pineapples are available in all types of sizes and their cores are of various thickness so it doesn’t at all times work in apply.

Lay the pineapple on its aspect on a big chopping board. Lower about 1/2 inch off the highest and backside (eradicating the big inexperienced stalk on high).

Stand the pineapple upright. Use a pointy knife to slice that unruly, pokey pores and skin off the perimeters in slices. Attempt to depart as a lot of the flesh intact as potential, however take away all that nasty pores and skin.

The core of the pineapple is often exhausting and inedible. Really feel round one finish of the pineapple to see the place that hardness begins. I often use a uninteresting butter knife to make a bit indentation to stipulate the core. If you’re cubing your pineapple merely minimize massive chunks off, leaving the exhausting core behind, then slice and cube into cubes. If you’re creating rings, you’ll minimize slices and take away the core out of every individually.

A bowl of fruit salad with pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, and a poppyseed dressing.

Storage Directions

Refrigerate leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge. The fruits will begin to flip, regardless of the lemon juice, however we handle to nonetheless get pleasure from this as leftovers for as much as three days. Ensure you are usually not utilizing overripe fruit on the time of creating, as the desire decide simply how lengthy this may final.