This fruit salad works wonderfully as a dessert or share it with friends at a potluck. It is light and is a myriad of flavor, thanks to the combination of the variety of fruits, lemon and ginger. Our strawberry season is almost over, so when I went grocery shopping a few days ago I felt the need to pick up a carton of strawberries. While frozen berries work great in many recipes they pale in comparison to a fresh sweet strawberry.
The lemon and ginger flavored home-made syrup is the secret to the flavor. Prepare syrup first.
Lemon and Ginger syrup
1.5 dl/0.6 cups water
3/4 dl/1/3 c demerara sugar
1.5 tbsp finely grated ginger
1/2 dl/0.2 c lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon)
Place the sugar and water in a saucepan and allow to boil for about 5-8 minutes.
Let cool. Add the lemon juice and freshly grated ginger. Set aside while preparing the fruit salad.
Fruit salad:
1/2 Honeydew melon cut into bite-size pieces
3 nektarines cut into bite-size pieces
1 liter/ generous 4 c strawberries cut into fourths
Place cut fruit into a bowl and mix gently. Pour syrup on the fruit and allow to marinade in the refrigerator for one hour before serving.
Too bad the fresh strawberry season is so short! One day we were grilling pork chops and I made a side salad where I used strawberries, honeydew melon and leipäjuusto with lettuce. I found the idea from a pirkka magazine, thought it was pretty good!
I agree, the season is way too short! Thanks for the salad idea, I’ll have to give it a try!