Winter Fruit Salad Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What do you put on a winter fruit platter? ›

This is harvest time and fruits like apples, pears, grapes, figs, persimmons, and pomegranates are great choices.

This winter fruit salad recipe is a fresh and healthy dish to make during the colder months. In-season winter fruit is tossed in a simple honey lemon dressing to keep it from browning. A great side dish for the holidays! Sometimes in the middle of winter your body just craves fresh fruit!

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.

Visually, your eye needs to have a focal point and to be able to see each type of fruit. After all the fruit is arranged, I add flat green leaves around the outside of the fruit, to set off the colors. Use lemon and galax leaves from your florist, or fig leaves and grape leaves from your garden.

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.

CLEMENTINES, TANGERINES, AND MANDARIN ORANGES

Clementines are a cross between a sweet orange and a mandarin orange, with loose, easy-to-peel skins and no seeds. Tangerines are a type of mandarin orange with thin skins and (usually) seeds. All three get sweeter as the weather gets colder and winter progresses.

Kiwi, orange, persimmon, lemon, mandarin, clementine, apple, quince, pear, medlar, grapefruit, nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds).

Beat cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Mix in whipped topping on high speed until incorporated. Fold in pineapple, fruit co*cktail, bananas, apple, coconut, pecans, raisins, and cherries. Transfer to a serving bowl, cover, and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

What fruit can survive winter? ›

Pears, plums, and apples are great trees to grow in a cold climate. They are adaptable to Wisconsin soil and weather. Grapes also tend to flourish in Wisconsin and other cold climates. If you are looking for a smaller fruit plant than the above discussed trees, grapes are a great place to start.

"Keeping all your fruit in one bowl isn't the best way to keep fruit fresh," says Thanh Truong, a fruiterer and cook based in Melbourne. Different fruits, he says, have "competing interests". Some fruits, like apples, are best kept cool in the fridge.

'Winter Banana' (Malus), or 'Flory Banana', is a delicious apple variety, best enjoyed fresh or juiced. It stores well, making it a great dessert apple, and is easy to grow at home.

They're native to North America, where the harvest runs from April to late September. During the North American winter, South America is experiencing summer, and our international farmers keep grocery stores stocked with fresh blueberries from November to March. It's always a good day to grab a boost of blue!

Mango is a summer fruit, it can be found on trees during the summer season, whereas oranges, apples and grapes are winter fruits. They are found on trees during the winter season and not in the summer season.

Using ascorbic or citric acid

To stop the enzymes, you can add ascorbic or citric acid to the fresh fruit before freezing. Fruit juice is a source of ascorbic acid. Bottled lemon juice is a source of citric acid. You can also use commercially prepared mixes or powders that contain ascorbic or citric acid.