winter fruit salad
Are fruit salads one of these things that I assume everyone in the world makes, but really, it is just my family? It could be, but I still think they’re essential. There is nothing better to break up a brunch of cheesy baked eggs and breakfast bread puddings, and dessert courses that seem to be a chain of pies, gooey brownies and cakes than than a big bowl of fruit. Of course, a bowl of whole fruit rarely works as anything but a centerpiece, and this is where the salad part comes in.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Pear | 1 medium (178g) | 101 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Dried Fig | 1 medium (50g) | 37 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Star Anise | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 star anise
- 1/2 of plump vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise
- 8 dried Turkish apricots, cut in half
- 4 dried figs, quartered
- 4 2-inch long pieces lemon zest (peeled with a vegetable peeler) from a Meyer lemon if you can find one
- Juice of the zest lemon
- 3 firm Bosc pears
- 1 firm tart apple
- Seeds from half a pomegranate