Winter Fruit Salad Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How do you make a fruit tray in the winter? ›

I suggest taking 1/3 of each type of fruit and dried fruit and placing it in three different places on the platter. Continue with this strategy being mindful to separate colors, sizes, and textures until you have created a fruit collage covering the entire platter. Nuts I use as fillers.

One of the most effective and used solutions for preventing the fruits from turning brown is lemon juice as it works wonders in keeping the fruits fresh. Mix lemon juice with water in accordance with the number and quantity of fruits, so that the solution is enough to completely submerge the fruits.

I use red grapes. Also consider pomegranate arils (seeds), dried cranberries, red raspberries, chopped red apples, or dried cherries. Pull it together with a bright orange or yellow fruit. Clementines or mandarin oranges are perfect for this because they're small and easily found in stores this time of year.

Baked fruit, such as pears or apples, are great with a little honey and cinnamon sprinkled on top. Add applesauce, diced banana, raisins, and diced pears to oatmeal, serve them on top of pancakes or waffles, or fold them into a muffin batter.

How do you keep fruit salad from getting soggy? Overnight fruit salad is meant to be a little softer and refrigerating overnight helps create that texture. For other fresh fruit salads, reserving any dressings and keeping the fruits separate until ready to serve will ensure your salad isn't soggy.

To prevent the effects of oxidation, fruit needs citric acid, and lemons are full of it. As a natural antioxidant, lemon juice can help prolong the life of fruit salad (as well as its visual appeal) by inactivating the enzyme polyphenol oxidase, which is responsible for the browning.

I've preserved cut fruit for at least 6 hours before using just lemon juice. Lemon juice inhibits the oxidation of the fruit which prevents browning as well of a loss of crispness. One lemon should be enough juice for a 1.5 quart bowl of cut fruit. Simply squeeze it over the fruit and toss gently to prevent bruising.

Coating them with an acidic juice such as lemon, orange, or pineapple juice. Use a commercial anti-darkening preparation with fruits, such as Fruit-Fresh®*, and follow the manufacturer's directions. Mix them with acidic fruits like oranges, tangerines, grapefruit and other citrus fruit or pineapple.

How do you stop apples going brown in a fruit salad? ›

You can keep sliced apples in a bowl of acidulated water. Just add a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to about a quart of water and keep the sliced apples in there until you need them. The trick works with other fruits and vegetables too. Artichokes, for instance.

During winter, try to avoid fruits like tomatoes, strawberries, peaches, and blueberries as they aren't seasonal and have probably been preserved for long durations before reaching your kitchen table.

Winter fruit and vegetable varieties include apples, pears, citrus fruits, kiwi, grapes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and potatoes. These produce items are grown during the colder months of fall and winter.

Contrary to popular belief, there are quite a few fruits that actually thrive in cold weather, like apricots, pears, and Mandarin oranges. If you're looking for delicious ideas for fruits that grow in winter, your options will depend on your location's USDA Plant Hardiness Zone.

Not only will making your own tray of fruit be cheaper, it will be fresher, better quality, and you can choose whatever fruits you like to include and how many different varieties of fruit you are going to use. The first thing you need to consider is approximately how many people your platter of fruit needs to serve.

Some of the best fruits to put on a serving platter are grapes, watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, and cherries. How early can you prepare a fruit platter? You can make this platter up to one day before you need it. This is a great way to prepare for a party or get-together.

Make-Ahead and Storage

Cover it in plastic and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 1 day. Pull out the plate about 1 hour before ready to serve it. How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can freeze all the fruit separately to use in smoothie recipes.