Do you ever dress a fruit salad?

[tweetie]

and if so, with what? I always let nature do her thing but just got to wondering. Party tomorrow.

[cook152]

We attended a party last week and the host dressed the fruit salad with a mixture of melted vanilla ice cream and grand marnier. It was delicious!

[wearybashful]

If you've got lemon or lime basil this is the place to use it. It's so perfumy and exotic but not overpowering. You might have to buy it in a nursery, not in a store.

Other than that, I agree with honey and a squeeze of lime.

[gianina]

a basic simple syrup is always good, an infused one is better, and often depending on the fruit , a vinegar as well, be it balsamic or sherry. for that matter a splash of booze doesn't hurt either, again depending on the fruit.

[spm]

My grandmother would peel some beautiful fragrant peaches and drizzle them with honey for a summer treat. My mother liked grapes and sour cream together. Both pretty yummy!

[moh]

I love this simple syrup for fruit salad. It is very simple, but adds a lovely elegant touch. It also keeps the fruit for longer.

1 cup sugar
1 and 1/4 cup water

Bring to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes. Take it off the heat, and add 3 tablespoons of brandy (or Cognac if you have it!), and three tablespoons of Cointreau. Let cool, then pour as much as you need over chopped up fruit.

[soupkitten]

rosewater or orange flower water with mint

lq dressing- dark rum & mint (mojito), amaretto, franjelico, grand mariner, cognac, brandy, cherry lq

honey, vanilla yogurt w honey

citrus juice w a little cayenne

it's cool to grill fruits for fruit salad (good to do with kinda unremarkable/not ripe fruit, esp stone fruit like nectarines & peaches), let cool slightly, then top with a dollop of organic sour cream flavored with brown sugar. the same old-fashioned dressing works on non-grilled fruit. it's really good.

strawberries and tomatoes (do you consider them a fruit or not?) are both good drizzled with balsamic & pepper.

folks used to top their fruit with fresh cream and a sprinkle of sugar. i still like to do that, but it's a little homely-- maybe not cool for your party, maybe so, though.

[Ali]

Mint, honey, a little lemon/lime zest, a dash (or 5) of white wine (or juice from the lemon/lime if I've got no wine open) - my fruit salad is always melons with berries so this combo works great

[City Kid]

limoncello liquer is my favorite - works well with most fruits!

[soypower]

cinnamon and lemon juice

[k1231m]

Try plain yogurt with honey to taste, add some cinnamon pour over any fruit salad. For a really refreshing taste add thinly sliced mint into fruit salad first. This is a hit everytime I serve it, even non fruit eaters.

[gatorfoodie]

I like to toss melon with honey, mint, and grated ginger for a little zing. Very bright flavors.

[Diane in Bexley]

When I was much younger, my mother would make fruit salad in the summer with melon, strawberries, blueberries, etc. and drizzle some Drambuie (Scotch liqueur) over it. It had a double effect, everyone devoured the fruit salad and all the kids went straight to sleep afterward (which might have been the real ulterior motive - LOL!). Liqueur is always good, amaretto, apricot, etc. would all taste yummy.

[tweetie]

There will be several children in attendance so I'm really liking the fruit salad sedation approach.......ssshh, my little secret.

[Vetter]

Oh, frangelico on peaches makes me so happy!

[coll]

Amaretto is nice.

[Fuser]

I dressed a grilled pineapple/apricot salad with a dressing made with honey, orange juice, grated ginger and mint. It was really quite lovey.

[desantmj]

honey and lemon juice

[sarah galvin]

I like to drizzle strawberries with a little balsamic vinegar, mixed berries with kirsch.

[sugarbuzz]

yuzu or lemon juice, sugar, & finely chopped thai basil

[cyberroo]

Depending on the fruit, I like to dress a fruit salad with a mint sugar - just sugar and fresh mint whizzed together until homogenous. It's really good with stone fruit, strawberries, etc. The mint just makes it seem like more than just fruit in a bowl.

[dexters]

A little mint, lime juice, lime zest and a modest squeeze of honey. It makes fruit sing!

[woodburner]

Fruit salad in question...

[tmso]

I'd go for honey and white wine.

[tweetie]

OOO! So lovely! Thanks.

[woodburner]

I took a BBQ class at the CIA and, oddly, they had us make a fruit salad and all sorts of sides, not just focus on the BBQ. Anyway, the fruit salad was straightforward, but it called for a simple syrup with rose water -- maybe dissolve a tablespoon or so of sugar in 8 oz of rosewater, then chill. drizzle over the fruit salad before serving. It was a really, really good touch.