This is what I call a proper fruit salad, it’s the fruit salad that we used to have as kids after sunday lunch. This is the very reason I made it this weekend. We don’t have pudding in the week, but we do always have pudding after sunday dinner and we don’t just have one option. Oh no, there are always at least two pudding options, sometimes three and it has been known to escalate to five if we are having sunday dinner down at my mum’s and there are other guests coming. This week I made chocolate brioche pudding, fruit salad and brandy snaps, and semolina (served with dollops of strawberry jam, of course).
Fruit salad is easy to put together and you can use whatever fruit you have in your fruit bowl, being as exotic or as ordinary as you like. I much prefer it made in the morning so that it has a few hours for the sugar syrup to take on the fruity flavours and it is lovely the next day too. Lashings of double cream are almost obligatory and if you have the time then a biscuit such as a brandy snap or a tuile is a wonderful addition.
100g caster sugar ( I always use golden for a lovely caramel colour)
100ml water
juice of 1 lemon
A selection of your favourite fruit, sliced ( I used 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 kiwi, 1 clementine and a handful of grapes)
Method
Place the sugar and water in a pan and heat gently to dissolve the sugar. Allow to simmer for a minute or so. Remove from the heat and squeeze in the juice of 1 lemon, this will help to counteract the sweetness of the sugar syrup but also will stop the fruit from turning brown. Allow the syrup to cool and then add the sliced fruit, giving it all a good mix so that every piece of fruit gets covered in the syrup (to prevent any browning). Place in the fridge for the flavours to develop, but bring it out about 30 minutes before you want to serve as it tastes much better than straight out of the fridge.
yum!
Thank you Denise.
Thank you… You inspired me. I’ve gone to the market and I’m ready to cut up my fruit right now.
Denise, that makes me very happy.
Ah, I thought as I looked at your healthy fruit salad, how refreshing when everyone else is blogging about rich Valentine desserts. And then I read the rest of your post – 3 desserts for Sunday lunch – oh can I come next time?
Choclette, you should know me better than that by now!! You are very welcome, I’ll make sure at least one option is chocolatey.
I’m in charge of bringing fruit salad to all the family gatherings. I love it because it’s the one thing that everyone seems to want to eat. The dish is always empty at the end of the evening.
Hi Tracy, I would love to see your recipe on your blog next time you make it for a family gathering.