Fruit salad is a dish consisting of various kinds of fruit. In different forms, fruit salad can be served as an appetiser, a side salad, or a dessert with a dollop of fresh cream, yoghurt or vanilla ice cream. It is also a delicious, cheap dessert which serves many people depending on the amount of fruit used.

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Common fruits used in fruit salads include strawberries, pineapple, sweet melon, watermelon, grapes, and kiwifruit, pawpaw, orange, satsuma or any fruit that take your fancy.

I used the following fruit:

1/2 pineapple

1/2 pawpaw

1/2 mango

2 pears

1 cup of mixed green and black grapes

2 kiwi fruits

3 apricots

2 peaches

1 banana

2 satsumas

1/2 lemon

1/2 cup orange juice

1/2 cup pineapple juice

2 tablespoons honey (optional)

Method:

Prepare the fruit with a small knife, preferably a serrated knife

Peel the fruit, I left the skin on of the peaches

Carefully remove any pips or stones

Half the grapes

Cut all the fruit into even cubes

Carefully layer or add all the fruit into a suitable bowl, I started with the hard fruit first

Squeeze half a lemon over the fruit, especially the bananas to prevent discolouration

Pour the orange and pineapple juices over the fruit

Drizzle the honey over the fruit

Gently mix all the fruit together, cover with a plate of plastic wrap

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or longer, before serving

This salad is tastier the longer you can let it soak in its juices. I prefer 3 to 4 hours in the refrigerator before I serve it. Enjoy.

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