Fruit salad

dish consisting of various kinds of fruit, sometimes served in a liquid, either in their own juices or a syrup

Fruit salad is a dish with of different kinds of fruit. Fruit salad can sometimes be served in a liquid like juices or a syrup. Most of the time it is served as an appetizer or as a dessert. A fruit salad is sometimes known as a fruit cocktail or fruit cup.[1]

Fruit salad
Alternative namesFruit cocktail, fruit cup
TypeSalad
CourseAppetizer, dessert, snack, main meal
Main ingredientsFruit, fruit juice or syrup
VariationsMacedonia
Simple Indian fruit salad: banana, pineapple, mango & melon

References change

  1. Barbara Ann Kipfer, The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference (Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2011), p. 260