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Summer Fruit Salad with Lime-Mint Sugar
A salad of any summer fruits you like sprinkled with lime juice and mixed with a delicious lime-mint sugar. Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (2oz, 56g) sugar
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons grated lime zest
- juice of 1 lime
- 1/2 cantaloupe or other melon, diced or balled
- 2 peaches or nectarines, skinned and sliced
- 1 cup seedless grapes (7oz, 198g) , halved
- 1 cup strawberries (6oz, 170g) , halved or quartered
- 1 cup pineapple (6oz, 170g) , chopped.
Directions
- Combine the fruit in a bowl. You can do this in advance and chill until needed.
- Make the lime-mint sugar only an hour before needed for the best flavor.
- Mix together the sugar, lime zest and mint and set aside until just before serving.
- To ensure that the mint leaves retain their color, snip them with scissors instead of with a knife or food processor.
- When ready to serve, drizzle the lime juice over the fruit and stir to coat.
- Stir in the lime-mint sugar and serve.
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