My Fruit Salad | La salade des fruits à moé

My Fruit Salad | La salade des fruits à moé

I threw this fruit salad together in need of using up some fruit quickly before it spoiled. It has gotten some small-town acclaim. Here's how I make it.

• 1 lg. Golden Delicious apple
• 1 lg.peach
• 1 lg. lemon
• 1 8oz can of chunk pineapple in its own juice
• 2-2 1/2 cups of red seedless grapes
• Vermouth
  

Syrup

In a 1 cup measuring cup...

• Seed and juice the entire lemon
• Combine with the pineapple juice from the canned pineapple ¹
  

This will give you about 1/2- 2/3 cup of juice.

• Fill to 3/4 cup with honey
• Top off to 1 cup with Vermouth ²

Stir until honey is well dissolved. Set aside.


Salad

• Put the drained pineapple chunks in a mixing bowl (with lid preferably).
• Core and pit the apple and the peach and dice into bite-size chunks, add to pineapple.
• Pick and wash thoroughly 2-2 1/2 cups of red seedless grapes. Add to the mixing bowl.

After you have chunked the fruit, pour the juice mixture over the fruit. Stir, cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours. Serve cold. Even better the next day. Serves 4-5.

Notes:

1. Add honey to sweeten.
2. The honey, lemon juice and alcohol will keep the salad fresh for days more than your typical fruit salad.
3. If peaches are out of season, you might substitute with Honeydew, Mango or Papaya.
   

¹ I have not used fresh pineapple with this before. I can only imagine it would be even more fantastic. If you do use fresh pineapple, be sure to pick up some pineapple juice.

² The syrup comes out to be approx. 1/4 cup each of honey, lemon juice, pineapple juice and vermouth.
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