This easy fruit salad is perfect for parties, potlucks or side dish to a summer meal. We serve this fresh fruit salad at barbecues, dinners, swim parties, or even just a snack or dessert on a hot summer day, when it’s way too hot to make cookies or any warm dessert. The sauce that you drizzle over the fruit only heightens all the flavors and it tastes delicious. This easy fruit salad gets even better the longer the fruit sits and soaks up the glaze.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our fresh fruit salad with citrus glaze, you need the following ingredients:
- Orange juice
- Lemon juice
- Brown sugar
- Orange
- Vanilla
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Kiwi
- Green seedless grapes
- Red seedless grapes
- Blueberries
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Fresh Fruit Salad with Citrus Glaze
- In a saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, and orange zest.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer until slightly thickened, about five minutes.
- Remove from heat, add vanilla extract and set aside to cool.
- Combine all fruit in a large bowl.
- Pour cooled glaze over top and gently fold in until fruit is evenly coated.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in the fridge until serving.
Recipe Notes
Winter fruits can be a little tricky, when it comes to fruit salads. However, you could easily add any of your favorite winter fruits, and still use this amazing glaze, to pour on top. Winter fruits you could use include the following: clementines, pomegranates, bananas, grapes, and apples.
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Fresh Fruit Salad with Citrus Glaze
Ingredients
- ⅔ cups orange juice
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 orange, zested
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups fresh cubed pineapple
- 2 cups strawberries, sliced
- 3 kiwis, peeled and diced
- 2 cups green seedless grapes
- 2 cups red seedless grapes
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, and orange zest.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer until slightly thickened, about five minutes.
- Remove from heat, add vanilla extract and set aside to cool.
- Combine all fruit in a large bowl.
- Pour cooled glaze over top and gently fold in until fruit is evenly coated.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in the fridge until serving.
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Oh you can NEVER go wrong when it comes to fruit salad. The Glaze sounds really good. Thank you for sharing it. Stay cool 🙂
that looks FANTASTIC! i’m wondering if you could possibly make a fall version of it with apple slices? the citrus glaze would probably keep the apples from browning!
i can’t wait to try it!!!
I am doing this for Girls Cookout today!! Thanks!
I made this 2 nights ago for a girl’s night with some friends. I substituted the brown sugar for honey. It was delish! I will definitely make again. Thanks! 🙂
Any idea how many people this recipe will feed?
It feeds about 8 to 10 people.
How far ahead of time can you make this?
How do you store leftovers?
You could easily prepare all of the fruit and the glaze and then add the glaze an hour or two before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
Can melons also be added to the fruit with the citrus glaze?
Watermelon is 90 percent water, so we don’t recommend adding melon.