Fruits are all good. Their flavors are delicious and their textures vary depending on the variety. Mixed together, we love them even more, but we also sometimes realize that certain fruits “don’t go together”. Which fruits go best together for a successful sweet salad? We’ll answer you right away.
Think about flavor profiles
Making a successful fruit salad depends largely on the combination of “aromatic profiles”. If you want to achieve a harmonious balance between the different fruits, don’t combine them no more than 3 to 5 different ones.
Next, make sure the salad contains a sweet fruit (like banana for its sweetness), a sweet and sour fruit (like apple, pear or peach to counterbalance the roundness of a banana) and a sour fruit like thecitrus or the exotic fruit (especially orange, or kiwi or pineapple). In short, each fruit has its own added flavor.
What fruit textures to combine
In a fruit salad, texture is just as important as flavor. To ensure a great sensory experience, remember (following the flavor combinations presented above) to include at least one A crunchy fruit (like the apple, to be cut into more or less small pieces according to your preference), a tender fruit (like the banana, the ultimate melting fruit) and a juicy fruit to bind it all together and bring a touch of freshness to the palate. Think in this case of orange, peach, grape or clementine. Finally, if you include more than 3 fruits in your salad, add fruits with grains like kiwi; and fruits with seeds like grapes. By creating a contrast of textures, you can then vary the size of the pieces of fruit. Small, medium and large pieces of apple mixed with slices of banana of varying thickness and slices of orange, guaranteed result.
Sweet, exotic, gourmet salad… ideas for combinations
For a sweet mix, choose the combination of crunchy apple, melting pear and juicy grape. In an exotic salad, it will be more the acidity of pineapple, the sweetness of mango and the sweetness of passion fruit. Another very well-known salad is a mix of strawberries, bananas and kiwi. Here, you find the very sweet fruit, the sweetness and the exoticism. For a delicious salad, mix the juicy peach with the banana and a few pieces of apple!
A little tip: avoid mixing fruits that are too diuretic, such as melon and watermelon in the same salad. Their very high water content would disrupt your digestion. Instead, eat them with banana and a crunchy fruit.
Additions to spice things up
Once you have chosen the fruits for your salad, add, for example, lemon or orange juice to the mixture. This will make the preparation less dry and will enhance the flavors of all the fruits, without masking them. Remember that if you add this type of supplement, it is important to measure them carefully so as not to overpower the taste of the fruits. In addition, if you add lemon, its acidity will prevent certain fruits from browning, such as apples or bananas. Otherwise, to bring a touch of freshness, add aromatic herbs. Herbs from Provence, mint or basil, these will enhance your presentations. For a “surprise flavor”, think about spices! Cinnamon or cloves, your choice.
