There is never going to be a summer cookout that doesn’t appreciate a good fruit salad; this fruit salad is so tasty, it thinks it’s a dessert!
In this episode of “Extra Virgin” Gabriele Corcos and wife Debi Mazar remind us that there is a certain beauty in simplicity, and sometimes all you have to do to make an amazing fruit salad is add quality ingredients together. A little sugar doesn’t hurt either.
There are three parts of this recipe that set this fruit salad apart from most of the standard fruit salads you are going to see this Summer. First off, it is almost entirely berries. We all know that most berries are at their freshest during the summer months, so all the different kinds of berries should be sweet and fresh.
Secondly, the citrus is only incorporated through juice. The addition of the juices of oranges and lemon really tie the salad together and create a more cohesive flavor; rather than just having four berries mixed together, you have all of them coated with a delicious citrus taste that unifies everything.
Finally, the mint, added at the end, really livens everything up. It adds one more layer of complexity and freshness to an already beautifully-wedded dish. Also, as a side note, I don’t know if you’ve ever had citrus and mint as a combination before, but look out – it’s a taste sensation!
