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Watermelon, Kiwi, and Strawberry Salad

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on October 14, 2011

Time

30 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Watermelon, Kiwi, and Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

3 ¼ cups chopped watermelon 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons honey 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger 2 ripe kiwis, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin1 quart strawberries, hulled and quartered

Before You Begin

Seedless watermelon works best for this recipe. You will need about a quarter of a large watermelon.

Instructions

  1. Combine 1/4 cup chopped watermelon, water, honey, vinegar, and ginger in saucepan and mash with potato masher until watermelon breaks down. Bring to simmer over medium heat and cook until honey dissolves, about 2 minutes. Cool to room temperature and then strain, reserving juices.
  2. Toss kiwis, strawberries, remaining watermelon, and reserved fruit juice in large bowl. Let sit 5 minutes. Serve.
Watermelon, Kiwi, and Strawberry Salad

Watermelon, Kiwi, and Strawberry Salad

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Time

30 minutes

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

3 ¼ cups chopped watermelon
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 ripe kiwis, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin
1 quart strawberries, hulled and quartered

Ingredients

3 ¼ cups chopped watermelon
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 ripe kiwis, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin
1 quart strawberries, hulled and quartered

Ingredients

3 ¼ cups chopped watermelon
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 ripe kiwis, peeled, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin
1 quart strawberries, hulled and quartered

Why This Recipe Works

A sugar syrup is the best way to sweeten and moisten a bowl of cut fruit, but can a quick fruit syrup do more? We wanted our fruit salad recipe to have fresh fruit flavor, and a big jolt from a quick fruit syrup. Adding potent seasonings like honey and ginger to the syrup as it cooked perked up the flavor. Mashing (with a potato masher) the watermelon with a splash of citrus in the simmering syrup provided even more flavor to our fruit salad recipe.

Before You Begin

Seedless watermelon works best for this recipe. You will need about a quarter of a large watermelon.

Instructions

  1. Combine 1/4 cup chopped watermelon, water, honey, vinegar, and ginger in saucepan and mash with potato masher until watermelon breaks down. Bring to simmer over medium heat and cook until honey dissolves, about 2 minutes. Cool to room temperature and then strain, reserving juices.
  2. Toss kiwis, strawberries, remaining watermelon, and reserved fruit juice in large bowl. Let sit 5 minutes. Serve.

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