Sweet fruit salad is a great alternative to high-calorie cakes and pastries. Try to make an original salad with strawberries - there are many recipes for this treat. You can choose a very simple or multi-component dessert - a pleasant sour taste and unique strawberry aroma will turn any dish into a real gastronomic delight.
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- Salad with strawberries and peaches:
- 500 g of strawberries;
- 4 peaches;
- 200 ml of heavy cream;
- 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.
- Complex fruit salad:
- 200 g of strawberries;
- 2 kiwi;
- 1 large pear;
- 2 oranges;
- 0.5 cups of sugar;
- 0.5 cups of water;
- a handful of pine nuts;
- sprig of fresh mint.
- Strawberry and Melon Salad:
- 1 melon;
- 300 g of strawberries;
- powdered sugar to taste;
- sprig of mint.
Instruction manual
1
Make a refreshing salad with strawberries and peaches. Rinse and dry the berries, blanch the peaches in boiling water, remove the skin, cut in half and take out the seeds. Set aside a third of the berries and cut them into quarters. Cut peaches into thin slices. Put strawberries in a bowl, place the peaches on top. Put the dessert in the cold for 15 minutes.
2
Put the remaining berries in a nylon strainer and wipe with a wooden spoon, turning them into mashed potatoes. Add powdered sugar to the mass and mix thoroughly. Whip cream in a strong foam. Pour over cooked fruit with strawberry sauce. On top of each serving, carefully lay the cream in the form of a high hat.
3
Try a multi-component salad with fruits and strawberries. Boil the syrup first. Put sugar in a stewpan, add water and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil and, stirring, cook until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove the syrup from the heat and cool.
4
Peel pears, kiwi and oranges. Cut pears and kiwi into very thin slices, free the oranges from the films and divide the slices in half. Put the fruits in a deep bowl of clear glass, add the strawberries, cut into four parts. Stir the salad and fill it with chilled syrup. Sprinkle the dish with toasted pine nuts and garnish with fresh mint leaves.
5
Very quickly prepared and salad with strawberries and melon. Cut a round small melon with fragrant flesh (for example, cantaloupe) in half, remove seeds with a round spoon, remove the flesh in the form of balls. Scrape out the remaining pulp, turning the halves into salad containers. The edges can be cut in the form of petals using a sharp vegetable knife.
6
Cut strawberries in half, mix with melon balls and put in prepared vases. Garnish the salad with fresh mint leaves and sprinkle with powdered sugar.