The perfect summer fruit and ice cream salad
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It's so wonderful that we can eat fruit practically year-round. And what could be more delicious than a wonderful, vitamin-rich fruit salad? In this article, you'll discover the most delicious and healthy recipes for fruit salad with ice cream, making this dish easy for any home cook.
Summer Whim Salad
This recipe is one of the most popular in the summer, as the ingredients used are mostly summer ones. For this delicious salad, you'll need the following:
- Strawberries – 200 g;
- Cherries – 200 g;
- Fresh or canned pineapple – 200 g;
- Coffee ice cream – 200 g.
This dessert is very simple to prepare. Wash the strawberries and cherries thoroughly under running water, remove the stems, and pit the cherries. Cut everything into small, randomly shaped pieces. If the pineapple is fresh, peel and chop it; if it's canned, drain it and chop it. Place everything in a large bowl.
The ice cream should be removed from the freezer and allowed to soften. It shouldn't be runny, but it should be soft enough to easily combine with the fruit. Add the ice cream to the bowl and mix thoroughly. By the way, if you used canned pineapple, you can add a couple of tablespoons of pineapple juice to the salad.
That's it: the delicious salad is ready. As you can see, the recipe is truly very simple. It's important to note that it's best to eat this fruit salad with ice cream right away, otherwise the ice cream will melt, the fruit will release too much juice, and the salad won't be very tasty.
Honey Salad
This recipe could be considered banal if it weren't for one ingredient: honey. It's the honey that gives this fruit salad with ice cream its unique flavor. For this recipe, you'll need:
- Pear – 1 piece;
- Small banana – 1 piece;
- Orange – 1 piece;
- Kiwi – 1 piece;
- Honey – 2 teaspoons;
- Regular white ice cream – 200 grams.
So, first, let's get our main ingredients sorted: peel the banana, orange, and kiwi, wash and core the pear. Cut everything into large cubes. Next, take some pretty bowls and layer everything: banana, pear, ice cream, kiwi, orange, and ice cream. Don't mix. Drizzle the final layer, the one on top, with honey. Unlike the previous salad, you don't have to eat it right away; you'll have to wait a bit for the ice cream to melt and soak into the fruit. It's important to note that this recipe calls for liquid honey, as candied honey will be chunky in the salad.
Sweet Melon Salad
As you've probably guessed from the name, the main ingredient in this dessert is melon. Let's choose a sweet, ripe beauty, buy some other ingredients, and prepare this delicious treat. Here are the ingredients you'll need:
- Grapefruit – 1 piece;
- Orange – 1 piece;
- Pears – 2 pieces;
- Peaches – 3 pieces;
- Melon pulp – 200 g;
- Orange ice cream – 200 g;
- Lemon zest – 2 tablespoons;
- Honey – 1 tablespoon.
As you can see, this recipe is significantly more complex than the previous ones, but the combination of so many different delicious ingredients makes for a truly delicious taste. This fruit salad with ice cream is a great alternative to cake for any holiday table.
Peel and core the grapefruit and orange, slice them, drizzle with honey, and let them sit. Peel the peaches, then dice them, removing the pits. Wash the pears, core them, and cut them into thin strips. Use a spoon to form balls from the melon flesh. Place everything in a bowl and mix well. Then divide the salad into bowls, top with a couple of scoops of ice cream, and sprinkle with lemon zest. The recipe suggests omitting the zest if you don't like it. This salad is best enjoyed straight away.
As you can see, none of the recipes are complicated, so you can easily make a delicious fruit salad with ice cream at home.
