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    » Home » Recipes » Fall Fruit Recipes » Autumn Fruit Salad

    Autumn Fruit Salad

    Posted: Nov 7, 2018 · Updated: Oct 27, 2020 by Jenny McGruther · This site earns income from ads, affiliate links, and sponsorships.

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    Crisp apples, juicy pears, and vibrant pomegranate arils partners beautifully with Fuyu persimmons and hazelnuts in this Autumn Fruit Salad recipe.  A light vinaigrette of kombucha, hazelnut oil, ginger, and maple syrup dresses the salad.

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    Autumn fruit salad with shaved apples, pears, and persimmons garnished with pomegranates and hazelnuts.

    What's in it?

    Fall fruits include apples, pears, and other pomes as well as pomegranates, figs, grapes, and persimmons. This salad partners pears with apples, Fuyu persimmons, and pomegranate arils. To this, you'll add a few chopped hazelnuts for crunch, and a lively dressing made with kombucha tea, ginger, and hazelnut oil.

    Tips

    Like any salad, this recipe is easy to make and takes less than five minutes in the kitchen. The most painstaking process is thinly slicing the fruit, which you can do with a mandoline. With that in mind, there are a few things you want to keep in mind when you make it.

    • Use a mandoline. A mandoline helps you cut the fruit into even and consistent thin slices. If you don't have a mandoline, you can use a sharp knife, or you can chop the fruit instead of slicing it thinly.
    • Use Fuyu persimmons. You'll find two primary varieties of persimmon in the grocery store: Fuyu and Hachiya. Fuyu persimmons are squat and round with a passing resemblance to an orange tomato. These taste sweet and are ready to eat as soon as you buy them. Hachiya persimmons, which are fat and elongated, are astringent and need to ripen to complete softness before they're ready to eat.
    • Serve the salad right away. The apples and pears will soften, lose their crispness, and begin to brown quickly, so make the salad right before you plan to serve it.
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    6 to 8 servings

    Autumn Fruit Salad Recipe

    This autumn fruit salad is filled with thinly sliced apples, pears and persimmons, then dotted by fresh, juicy pomegranate arils and crunchy bits of chopped hazelnut. This salad is delicately dressed with a vinaigrette made from kombucha, hazelnut oil and ginger with the lightest touch of maple syrup for sweetness.
    Prep Time5 mins
    Total Time5 mins
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    Ingredients

    For the Salad

    • 2 pears
    • 2 apples
    • 1 Fuyu persimmon
    • 1 cup pomegranate arils
    • ½ cup chopped hazelnuts
    • 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves

    For the Kombucha Ginger Vinaigrette

    • ¼ cup prepared kombucha tea
    • 2 tablespoons Grade A dark maple syrup
    • 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
    • 3 tablespoons roasted hazelnut oil

    Equipment

    • Mandoline

    Instructions

    • Core the apples and pears. Then slice the pears, apples and persimmon no thicker than ⅛ inch, using a mandoline or very sharp knife.
    • Layer the pears, apples and persimmons on a serving dish, and scatter the pomegranate arils, chopped hazelnuts and fresh mint over them.
    • Whisk the kombucha, maple syrup, ginger and roasted hazelnut oil together, then drizzle the vinaigrette over the fruit, and serve immediately.
    Rate this recipe!If you loved this recipe, give it a rating. Let us know what works, what didn't and whether you made any adjustments that can help other cooks.

    Variations

    Swap the kombucha for apple cider vinegar. Kombucha has a flavor reminiscent of apple cider vinegar - tart with notes of black tea. If you don't have kombucha, use apple cider vinegar instead or try a squeeze of orange juice.

    Chop the fruit instead of slicing it thinly. A mandoline makes preparing the fruit super easy, but if you don't have one, you can chop the fruit into bite-sized pieces instead.

    Swap walnuts or pecans for hazelnuts. Hazelnuts give the fruit salad a creamy, buttery flavor and pleasant crunch. Their sweetness also partners well with apples and pears, but if you don't have any, you can substitute another nut such as walnuts, pecans, or even pistachios.

    Use extra virgin olive oil instead of hazelnut oil. If you don't feel like picking up a bottle of hazelnut oil to make the vinaigrette, you can always substitute extra virgin olive oil instead.


    Check out more fall fruit recipes:

    • Einkorn Apple Cake
    • Pomegranate Spritzer
    • Honey-Fermented Cranberries
    • Mulled Cider
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    1. Christine says

      November 23, 2018 at 7:26 am

      Jenny, I made this yesterday to take to our family's Thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious AND gorgeous. I used apple cider vinegar instead of kombucha and added a generous pinch of salt to the dressing. I'll be making this salad all winter long using different combinations of fruit. Thanks for this genius recipe!

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