Fruit Salad Basket - Diabetic Friendly
From spinach1948 14 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 18
Back in the 70's this was very popular. Everyone enjoyed this not only to eat but to look at. A real healthy treat. Makes a great center piece. You can add differant types of fruit to this. Had this recipe for years. Read more Photo are taken from the internet royaly free to anyone. See less
Ingredients
- Ingredients: shopping list
- For the fruit salad shopping list
- 1 large watermelon ( about 15 lbs. ) shopping list
- 2 cantaloupe melons shopping list
- 2 honeydew melons shopping list
- ½ cup sugar shopping list
- ½ cup fresh lime juice shopping list
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice shopping list
- 2 Tbs. orange flavored liqueur ( optional ) shopping list
- 2 tsp. Grated lime rind shopping list
- 3 cups sliced fresh strawberries, washed and halved shopping list
- 2 cups black and red seedless grapes, washed ( optional halved ) shopping list
- 1 Pt. Blue berries washed shopping list
- Special Aids: shopping list
- water soluble black marker shopping list
- melon baller shopping list
- vegetable peeler shopping list
- Tip: shopping list
- It's important to purchase watermelons that are fully ripe, since they don't continue to ripen once they've been picked. A ripe melon feels heavy for its size and has a sweet fragrance. shopping list
How to make it
- Carving the Basket
- 1 Lay a dampened dish towel on a counter or table and place melon top to prevent it from rolling.
- 2 With a water-soluble marker, draw outline of basket onto melon, making sure the handle is at least 1 ¼ inches wide.
- 3 Using a large sharp knife, carefully cut melon along marker line.
- 4 Remove excess rind and set aside.
- 5 With a vegetable peeler, even out scalloped edges of watermelon. Cover watermelon basket with plastic wrap and set aside.
- Making the fruit salad
- 1 With a melon scooped out flesh flesh cantaloupes and honeydew.
- 2 In a large bowl, combine sugar, lime juice, lemon juice, orange liqueur and lime rind. Stir well.
- 3 Add all melon balls, strawberries and grapes; toss to combine. Allow fruit to chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- 4 Just before serving, transfer fruit salad to watermelon basket.
- Serve.
- Tip: it is important to purchase watermelons that are fully ripe, since they don't continue to ripen once they've been picked. A ripe melon feels heavy for its size and has a sweet, fresh fragrance.
- Note:
- Make Ahead: Make the fruit salad portion up to 1 day ahead. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- Easy Substitute: Kiwifruite, peeled and cut into quarters, makes a delicious substitute for the berries in this recipe.
- Simple Elegance: Offer this fruit salad as a tasty desert. Serve it, without the melon basket, in small crystal bowls. Top with a small mond of lemon sorbet and garnish with a sprig of mint.
- Diabetic Friendly
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