FRUIT SALAD WITH FENNEL, WATERCRESS, AND SMOKED SALT

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Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt image

Provided by Gerardo Gonzalez

Categories     Salad     Leafy Green     Side     Low Fat     Kid-Friendly     Low Cal     High Fiber     Lunch     Grapefruit     Honeydew     Cherry     Plum     Fennel     Spring     Summer     Healthy     Vegan     Watercress     Bon Appétit     New Year's Day     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Paleo     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     No Sugar Added     Kosher     Small Plates

Yield 4 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

For the vinaigrette:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt
For the salad:
1/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced
1 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges
1/2 cup halved pitted fresh cherries
1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
1/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
1 cup torn frisée
1 cup trimmed watercress
2 medium ruby red grapefruits, peel and white pith removed, flesh sliced into 1/4"-thick rounds
Smoked or flaky sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • For the vinaigrette:
  • Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.
  • For the Salad:
  • Toss melon, pluot, cherries, and vinegar in medium bowl. Let sit, tossing occasionally, until fruit is lightly pickled, 10-15 minutes; drain.
  • Toss fennel, frisée, and watercress with half of vinaigrette in a large bowl. Arrange grapefruits on a serving platter; sprinkle with smoked salt. Top with pickled fruit and scatter dressed fennel salad over.
  • Serve salad drizzled with remaining lemon vinaigrette and sprinkled with smoked salt and pepper.

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