Fruit Salad with a Citrus Vanilla Sauce
I served this fruit salad with the spicy Asian Chicken Sandwiches I made for dinner recently and they paired nicely together. The sweet and juicy fruit salad cooled down our mouths after bites of the spicy sandwich. I loved this combination of fruit together. The sauce was a combination of orange and lemon juice & zest along with some brown sugar and vanilla. It reduced down to a very flavorful sauce that topped the fruit perfectly. We all, kids especially, loved this fruit salad.
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How to Make a Fruit Salad with a Citrus Vanilla Sauce
Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, clementine zest, lemon zest, and vanilla. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. Set aside and let it cool down completely.
Prepare the fruit and combine it in a large bowl. Once the citrus vanilla sauce has cooled down, drizzle on top of the salad, to taste. Toss gently and serve. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- Citrus Vanilla Sauce:
- ⅓ cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp grated clementine zest
- ½ tsp lemon zest
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Fruit Salad:
- 2 cups strawberries hulled and sliced
- 1 cup fresh pineapple chopped into bite-sized chunks
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup of fresh raspberries
- 1 kiwi fruit peeled and sliced
- 1 banana sliced
- 1 clementine peeled and sectioned
- 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, clementine zest, lemon zest, and vanilla.. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. Set aside and let it cool down completely.
- Prepare the fruit and combine it in a large bowl. Once the citrus vanilla sauce has cooled down, drizzle on top of the salad, to taste. Toss gently and serve. Enjoy.
Giveaway Winner:
The winner of the Knotty Daughter apron giveaway is comment number 76:
Anna — April 28, 2013
I’ve already bookmarked this recipe — it looks amazing! I’ve tried many of your recipes and none has ever failed me. Thank you so much!
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I could munch on this fruit salad all day!
I need more fresh fruit in my life so this recipe encourages me to do it. What a beautiful salad, it has some of my favorites in it.
I definitely don’t make fruit salads enough…and rarely ever with such a good sauce as that to accompany them!
I love fruit salad.. especially now that we are going to see our first 100 degree day today… I could use a nice big bowl of that to help ease the pain of the heat!!!
This is so pretty, simple and delicious looking! I can see why your kids loved it!
Amazing! Your kids sure know what’s good for them!
What a wonderful breakfast/brunch item! And I love the idea of citrus vanilla sauce.
I love fruit no mater how it’s served! I hope your family knows how lucky they are to have you doing all of this fruit cutting and not devouring it all!
What are you referring to when you say
2 tbsp cup of brown sugar. Is it 2 tbsp or a cup. Have not seen this before. I love the recipe and would love to try it with the vanilla.
thank you Esther Finn
Thank you for letting me know about the mistake. I have corrected the recipe.
Cheers,
Pam
This looks so good, I love all the colors too. I haven’t had fruit salad in years.
oooh, yummy, what a nice idea.
We eat a lot of fruit at our house. This would be perfect for my family. Looks so yummy.
That’s a seriously pretty and delicious dessert.
Congrats to your winner!
The recipe doesn’t mention when to put in the vanilla. With all the others for the sauce?