Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt

A sophisticated fruit salad combining sweet and savory elements with honeydew, grapefruit, cherries, and fennel, dressed with a light lemon vinaigrette and finished with smoked salt. The watercress and frisée add a peppery crunch to this refreshing dish.

4 servings
25 min

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt
  • ¼ whole small honeydew melon
  • 1 whole pluot or plum
  • ½ cup halved pitted fresh cherries
  • ½ cup unseasoned rice vinegar
  • ½ whole small fennel bulb
  • 1 cup torn frisée
  • 1 cup trimmed watercress
  • 2 whole medium ruby red grapefruits
  • to taste smoked or flaky sea salt
  • to taste freshly ground black pepper

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.

    3 min

  2. 2.

    Toss melon, pluot, cherries, and vinegar in medium bowl. Let sit, tossing occasionally, until fruit is lightly pickled, 10-15 minutes; drain.

    15 min

  3. 3.

    Toss fennel, frisée, and watercress with half of vinaigrette in a large bowl. Arrange grapefruits on a serving platter; sprinkle with smoked salt. Top with pickled fruit and scatter dressed fennel salad over.

    5 min

  4. 4.

    Serve salad drizzled with remaining lemon vinaigrette and sprinkled with smoked salt and pepper.

    2 min

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