Winter Fruit Salad
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
This Winter Fruit Salad uses fruit that is seasonal and a little uncommon in most fruit salads. Pears, starfruit, pomegranate, lychees and mandarins not only look beautiful together, but taste delicious too - especially with the sweet cinnamon dressing that goes on top.
Course:
Side Dishes, Salads
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
Breakfast/Brunch, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Vegan, Quick and Easy
Servings: 6
Calories: 135 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Bartlett or green Anjou pears
- 5 clementines or tangerines
- 2 starfruit
- 1 cup canned lychees syrup reserved
- 2 tablespoons honey
- juice of 1 lime
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds about half
- fresh mint leaves
Instructions
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Prepare the fruit. Slice the pears into thin wedges; peel the clementines and slice them ½-inch thick; slice the starfuit into ½-inch thick slices; and cut the lychees in half.
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Whisk the honey, lime juice, cinnamon and two tablespoons of the lychee syrup together in a small bowl or measuring cup.
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Arrange all the pears, starfuit and clementines on a large platter or in a wide shallow bowl. Scatter the pomegranate seeds all over and add the lychees. Drizzle the dressing evenly over the fruit. Let the salad sit for at least 10 to 15 minutes before serving. Cut the mint leaves into ribbons and sprinkle it on top of the fruit just before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Winter Fruit Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 135
Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 3mg0%
Potassium 309mg9%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 5g20%
Sugar 26g29%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 35IU1%
Vitamin C 72.8mg88%
Calcium 26mg3%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.