It’s so hot outside! When the heat climbs up into the 90s, I feel so trapped. I only want to drink cold water and eat cold food. This berry salad is perfect for adding some freshness and coolness to an oppressively hot day.
What fruits are best for making a fruit salad?
I used fresh blackberries, cherries and blueberries here, but you can use any berry or stone fruit that you like, such as:
- peaches
- mangoes
- plums
- apricots
- nectarines
A cherry pitter is perfect for this job. It’s messy work, but way better than prying out the pits by hand.
The dressing here is just lime juice, zest and sugar. To yield more juice from the lime, roll it on your countertop with the palm of your hand. Use a zester all over, using just enough pressure to remove the green part and not the white part to reduce bitterness. Then halve it and juice the lime using a juicer if you’ve got one.
I processed the lime and sugar in a processor for a smoother texture, but it’s not totally necessary here.
This dressing will yield more than you need, but you can reserve it and add to leftover berries, or toss some into cold water for a refreshing drink. Enjoy this berry salad at room temp or give it a chill before serving.
Mixed Berry Salad with Sweet Lime Dressing
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 servings
Description
This berry salad uses blackberries, cherries and blueberries for a cool salad on warm days. It’s tossed in a sweet lime dressing for some contrast and tang.
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries
- 2 cups blackberries
- 2 cups cherries, pitted and halved or quartered
- the zest and juice of 2 limes
- 2 tsp sugar
Instructions
- In a large prep bowl, toss the berries together.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the lime juice, zest and sugar. Process in a food processor if you’d like a smoother texture, but this step isn’t necessary.
- Pour half of the dressing over the berries and gently toss to coat. Taste, then add more dressing if you’d like. Served chilled or at room temp.
- Reserve the extra dressing in the refrigerator. Add to any leftover berries or toss into cold water for a refreshing drink.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
Keywords: berry salad
Difficult and expensive to obtain fresh blackberries where we live. Will frozen work? If so, should we defrost and rinse, or partially defrost and add?
Ruchama, I don’t think frozen blackberries would work well here. You can increase the amount of cherries/blueberries, or sub another fruit like plums, strawberries, peaches, or mangoes. I hope you enjoy it!
This fruit salad was soooo good and refreshing. Made it for our dinner and we were plenty satisfied. Plus I got a chance to use my handy dandy cherry pitter!
Thank you again for another wonderful recipe,
Trina
★★★★★
I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Trina! Thanks for your kind feedback. 🙂