Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt

Ingredients for Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt

• 60ml olive oil

• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

• 1/4 teaspoons smoked or flaky sea salt

• 1/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced

• 1 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges

• 120ml halved pitted fresh cherries

• 120ml 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

How to make Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt

Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.

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.

Disclaimer

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