Fall fruit salad

[CDRFloppingham]

eGulleters,

I'm planning a brunch for next Sunday. I need a light fruit course between bigger dishes.

To me, fall fruits are apples and pomegrenates...not particularly well suited to a simple but elegant fruit salad (I don't just want to cube some apples).

Any ideas for components and presentation?

Thanks so much.

Floppy

[JAZ]

A friend of mine recently made a salad that consisted of poached pears, sliced, topped with shaved aged gouda cheese and candied walnuts. It was really good, if a little monochromatic. But if you sprinkled on a few pomegranate seeds you'd have a pretty and different kind of fruit salad.

[lapin d'or]

If you have a juicer or can but good apple juice what about just serving a nice glass of hot spiced apple juice

[judiu]

Waldorf Salad with Craisens (the dried, sweetened cranberries that are by Ocean Spray, I think) Celery, apples, mayo, walnuts or pecans (toasted) and a good bunch of the cranberries. HTH!

[Tess]

Pomegranate seeds are great in salads. How about a fruit-vegetable salad: a heap of colorful greens topped with white beans, pomegranate seeds and pecans or walnuts? You could add some other fruits like sliced starfruits or pears or whatever.

[heidih]

I have some friends who would push the pom seeds aside because they are unfamiliar. If you have access to cheap poms and firm crisp apples I could see a rough julienne of the apples (tossed with a little lemon juice) and then either set in a small puddle or drizzled with a pom syrup. I have juice d fresh ones and then reduced, adjusting with a neutral sugar if needed. Sprinkle fresh seeds around perimeter for visual, and those who like them will eat them.

[Lilija]

Waldorf Salad with Craisens (the dried, sweetened cranberries that are by Ocean Spray, I think) Celery, apples, mayo, walnuts or pecans (toasted) and a good bunch of the cranberries. HTH!

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I eat this exact salad about twice a week, I looooove it. The different kinds of crunchy, bland, tangy, creamy, it's one of my all time favorite salads.

[nakji]

Do you have access to persimmons? I always think of those as a fall fruit. The orange colour would provide a nice contrast if you julienned apples and persimmons and tossed them together. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup?

[gwendolyn]

For simplicity's sake- a strong, tart apple, a persimmon, and pomegranate seeds with honey-lemon-ginger dressing, fresh mint, and maybe some candied pumpkin seeds.

Fall fruit panzanella- fig, persimmon, pear with maple-roasted walnuts and rosemary-asiago croutons.

Caramelized butternut squash, pear, fennel, dates, and toasted almonds, on some peppery lettuce.

[KarenDW]

if you are plating the salads, then you could core & slice into rings, instead of cubing. Alternate with some nutty cheese (or blue cheese, but not in my house), top w/ chopped nuts and the poms (or craisins, or dried blueberries). Dressing optional, but a lemon infused olive oil might be nice. If you are able to find honeycrisp apples, they keep their color after cutting.

[Kim Shook]

This is one of our favorites: Autumn Fruit Salad - Fall fruits, crunchy almonds and a spicy, creamy dressing.

[SuzySushi]

I'd slice up some pears and Fuyu persimmons. Or serve whole or halved Bosc pears that have been peeled and lightly poached in cranberry juice; sprinkle the plates with a few dried cranberries.

[CDRFloppingham]

Thanks all.

Great ideas. I really need the salad to be very light so I'm thinking about peeled and cubed honeycrisps, d'anjou pears, and asian pears with craisins and walnuts.

I'd dress with an orange-ginger reduction.

[EllenC]

That's a great salad. I would just suggest you roast and salt the walnuts first. The hit of salty-ness in with the sweet is awesome.

Ellen