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.
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.
Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.
3 min
- 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.
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.
Serve salad drizzled with remaining lemon vinaigrette and sprinkled with smoked salt and pepper.
2 min
