CHOOSE different colours of your fruits to make the finished product even more visually appealing to the eye.
If you are adding bananas, add them just before serving.
For the best fruit salad, you need to put sugar on the fruit to pull the natural juices out. Honey is a great way to achieve this.
Cut grapes and cherries in half so the sugar can draw out the juices as well as get in.
Watermelon or cantaloupe are great components in a fruit salad. Before cutting open a melon of any kind, remember it can stay stored - as is - without problems for a good two weeks and actually sweetens with age.
All the fruit should be nicely ripe, with no brown spots. An unripe piece of peach or pear - even slightly - ruins this salad texture.
You can add canned fruit mix if you like, but remember the sugar content of canned fruit is often high. This sugary liquid goes a long way to helping sweeten other fresh fruit you may be including. Berries such as strawberries and blueberries are great additions to fruit salad.
Chopped fresh mint and a little amount of sour cream add extra zing to a fruity combination. Add them at the last minute.
More often than not, two cups filled with assorted fresh fruits are enough to make a fruit salad that can serve 3-4 people.
For a simple dressing component, use freshly squeezed fruit juice or pureed fruit to add to your solid fruit combination.
