Heavenly French Fruit Salad Recipe

If you’re in the mood for dessert but you don’t feel like baking, this light, not-too-sweet blending of fresh berries and fruit in a lemony honey dressing paired with a very French wedge of mild cheese may be the perfect answer.

With its gemlike colors and dazzling flavors, this monastery salad would also make a heavenly brunch on a lazy Sunday.

INGREDIENTS

Salad

12 fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half
1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, picked over for stems
4 medium-sized pears, peeled, quartered, and cored
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons sugar

Dressing

1/2 cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar (or more honey)

One 12-ounce wheel Camembert cheese (or Brie, if Camembert is unavailable), at room temperature, cut into 6 wedges

1. To make the salad, combine all the fruit in a large glass bowl. Add the lemon juice and sugar, mix together gently to coat, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Combine the dressing ingredients in a blender and whirl until smooth. Pour over the salad and mix together gently until the salad is well coated. Cover and refrigerate for 1 more hour.

3. Just before serving, divide the salad equally among 6 salad plates. Place the fruit on one side of each plate and the Camembert on the other. Serve the salad chilled and the cheese at room temperature.

Serves 6.

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Adapted from Twelve Months of Monastery Salads, by Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourette (Harvard Common Press, 2004). Copyright (c) 2004 by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourette. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Common Press.
Adapted from Twelve Months of Monastery Salads, by Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourette (Harvard Common Press, 2004).

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Danuta W.

2:23AM PDT on Apr 15, 2013

thanks for sharing

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Jennifer C.

5:07PM PDT on Sep 18, 2011

Love this healthy recipe, Thanks.

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Michele W.

9:54AM PDT on Jul 21, 2011

Thank you

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KS G.

12:16AM PST on Feb 26, 2011

Thanks for the article.

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Cheryl B.

4:55AM PST on Jan 13, 2011

thanks for a healthy recipe

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Past Member .

2:47PM PST on Nov 11, 2010

I do mix berries, an assortment of them, together with pears, but I didn't think of a dressing. This wine, honey, and lemon dressing sounds ideal and it will turn the berries into an unusual and very inviting dessert! Thank you!