This Easy Fruit Salad Recipe combines fresh apples and pears with fennel and shallots in a zesty sauce made with orange juice and olive oil. Make a great side dish for cookouts and pot luck dinners.
Ingredients
2 apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored and diced
1 small fennel bulb, trim and dice
1/2 cup raisins
2 shallots, finely minced
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp olive oil
Freshly grated orange rind
Freshly grated lemon rind
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
Instructions
Sprinkle the apples and pears with lemon juice, then combine with fennel, raisins and shallots in a large mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Whisk to blend well.
This Easy Fruit Salad Recipe combines fresh apples and pears with fennel and shallots in a zesty sauce made with orange juice and olive oil. Make a great side dish for cookouts and pot luck dinners.
Ingredients
2applespeeled, cored and diced
2ripe pearspeeled, cored and diced
1small fennel bulbtrim and dice
1/2cupraisins
2shallotsfinely minced
1/2cupfresh orange juice
2Tbsplemon juice
1Tbspolive oil
Freshly grated orange rind
Freshly grated lemon rind
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2cupchopped walnutstoasted
Instructions
Sprinkle the apples and pears with lemon juice, then combine with fennel, raisins and shallots in a large mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Whisk to blend well.
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