Dessert

Summer fruit salad

Name: Summer fruit salad recipe
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 500g small strawberries, unhulled, halved; 110g caster sugar; 40.00 ml French tarragon leaves, plus extra to serve; 2 tsp lemon thyme leaves, plus extra to serve; 180ml lemon juice; 1kg rockmelon, peeled, seeded, cut into thin wedges; 4 large peaches and 4 apricots or plums, stones removed, cut into thin wedges; 250g each blackberries and blueberries; Fresh soft cheese (such as ricotta, labneh or sheep’s curd), to serve

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by Tracey Pattison

Delicious Team

Feb 14, 2024

Marry all your sweet summer faves in this easy fruit bowl.

500g small strawberries, unhulled, halved
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
2 tbs French tarragon leaves, plus extra to serve
2 tsp lemon thyme leaves, plus extra to serve
3/4 cup (180ml) lemon juice (from about 3 large lemons)
1kg rockmelon, peeled, seeded, cut into thin wedges
4 large peaches and 4 apricots or plums, stones removed, cut into thin wedges
250g each blackberries and blueberries
Fresh soft cheese (such as ricotta, labneh or sheep’s curd), to serve

Method

1.

Place half the strawberries and the sugar, herbs and juice in a medium bowl and stir to combine. Cover with a clean tea towel and set aside at room temperature for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, to macerate and extract as much juice from strawberries as possible.
2.

Arrange remaining strawberries and fruit on a large platter and spoon over the macerated strawberry mixture. Serve dolloped with fresh soft cheese and sprinkle with extra leaves.

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