White Wine Drenched Fruit Salad; for an adult take on fruit salad fresh fruit is tossed in a delicious white wine simple syrup .
How about a little boozy fruit to start your week?
The very first time I had this salad was at a wedding shower. The glass bowl was appropriately labeled “Grownup Fruit Salad” and I was really confused because I saw strawberries, grapes, blueberries, nothing out of the norm. I asked a friend of mine what gives? She said it was drizzled with some kind of wine concoction.
Ummm yes please!
When I got to the end of my bowl of White Wine Drenched Fruit Salad, I looked to the left… then to the right. And when the coast was clear I drank the wine in the bottom of my dixie cup. Then I contemplated stealing all the cups scattered on the surrounding tables. Hey I’m not above it, but I didn’t want to be looked at as “that girl” but in a way I sorta wished I kinda was.
To make This Wine Drenched Fruit Salad You Will Need:
- sugar
- white wine
- fresh fruit and melon – you really could use any fruit your heart desired
You Really Can’t Go wrong with wine-drenched ANYTHING, can you?
First, start making the wine simple syrup by dumping in 1/4 cup of sugar to a saucepan. Yeah you heard right… WINE simple syrup.
Like every single time I open a bottle with a “real” corkI always start off thinking I aimed dead center…
Then I start to open the wine. Simple huh?
I have corkscrew issues. No matter how hard I try to center it…
Then inevitably this happens. Every. Single. Time. But hey, I’m a pro at getting the remaining mutilated cork out of the bottle. Winner.
Next, measure out 1 cup of wine.
What Type Of Wine To Use In This Wine Simple Syrup?
The wine I am using was given to me as a gift. It also so happens to be a local wine and doesn’t specify what kind of white it is. On the back it said with hints of melon and floral notes, so I thought this will do. However always use a wine you’d drink and that’s not too overly sweet.
Then, over medium-low heat, stir the sugar into the wine over until the sugar dissolves (do NOT boil). Immediately remove it off of the heat and let it cool.
First, wash the blueberries and measure out 3/4 of a cup.
Then, rinse off the strawberries too. Trim off the green tops and quarter up about 10 medium sized strawberries.
Then add about 1-1/2 cups each of honeydew melon and cantaloupe into a large mixing bowl.
Next add in the berries.
Then rinse off the 6-8 large leaves of mint. Stack, roll and slice thin.
Next, sprinkle it into the fruit bowl.
Then toss to combine.
Lastly, drizzle with a little or a lot of the wine syrup.
Serve up the White Wine Drenched Fruit Salad in fun small glasses or plates, and savor the flavor! Fruit just got A LOT better :)! Happy Monday!
Enjoy! And if you give this recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
White Wine Drenched Fruit Salad
Ingredients
FOR THE WINE SIMPLE SYRUP:
- 1 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup sugar
FOR THE SALAD:
- 2 cups quartered strawberries
- 1½ cups cubed honeydew melon
- 1½ cups cubed cantaloupe
- 3/4 cup blueberries
- 6-8 large fresh mint leaves, rolled and sliced thin
Instructions
- In a saucepan add the 1/4 cup of sugar and the cup of white wine. Stir over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves into the wine. Remove and let cool. Chill in the fridge until ready to use.
- Combine desired fruit and sliced mint in a large bowl. Chill until ready to serve. Dish the fruit salad into cute little cups or bowls and drizzle with the wine syrup just before serving.
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This is a great idea for a shower! I’m totally bookmarking this.
oh honey, i would TOTALLY have been that girl…when it comes to fruity wine at the bottom of dixie cups it’s no-holds-barred for me 🙂
Ha ha! I know… now I totally look back and regret it :/
You had me at “wine drenched…” This is kinda like sangria. But better maybe?! 😉
I’ll be there in 5.
umm wow, there could not be a more perfect fruit salad out there. wine simple syrup-count me in!
Thanks April! 🙂
This is the best looking and sounding fruit salad going! 🙂
Aside from the striking array of colors this sounds amazing!
Thanks Britney! 🙂
Hmmmm…a wine simple syrup. I’m intrigued at other dishes this could be paired with. This is still a good use for it, however…
The wine simple syrup can be used in sweetening drinks too 🙂
Boozy fruit is always in order, especially for summer. I love this, a perfect compliment to some sangria!
Alochol in a refreshing fruit salad?! Yes please. I’m totally making a huge batch and bringing it to work 🙂
WOW! boozy fruit, can’t go wrong with that. This sounds amazing!
Amen Carrie!
wow!!! White Wine simple syrup…. fresh fruit! Yes Please!!
Can’t wait to try!
OH. SWEET. MERCY. Uh huh. Yup. That’s looks incredible. I am a sucker for fresh fruit anyway, but seriously, way to step it up!
love the boozy edition of fruit!! i can NEVER open a wine bottle without cracking the cork either..ugh i hate it! i need a better wine opener 😉
Let me know when you find one Julie 🙂
With white wine..I like it .. 😀
Fruit drenched in white wine? Yeah, that sounds pretty awesome to me!
Totally healthy(some consider wine healthy) dessert!
I’m right there with you! I’ll take this over the kids version any day!
This is soooo prefect for summer!
That looks amazing!!
Boozy fruit salad is the way to go! A group of friends and I used to get together on a regular basis and one gal in particular always brought booze drenched fruit salads (I think she used rum or vodka). We always inhaled it!
I love just about anything boozy. So this fruit looks pretty awesome to me.
Oh, My Oh, My Oh, My…how to resist adding to my breakfast yoghurt…maybe I’ll change dinner to breakfast, and breakfast to dinner, so I can “drink” some of my daily fruit servings! LOL!
Yeah, wine in my fruit sounds great! Fruit salad is always welcome by me, especially when it’s blazing hot outside…the white wine gives it a nice zing for a boozed up treat – love the idea and will definitely put it to use soon!
Instantly bookmarked!!! waiting until the next potluck!
How I use that type of corkscrew: Make sure you screw it all way through the cork or as far in as you can get it. I also like to hold the bottleneck and the corkscrew ring steady as I collapse the arms to pull the cork out. once the arms are most of the way down (almost touching your knuckles of the bottle hand), let go of the bottle neck finish collapsing the arms and wiggle the cork loose. Let the arms of the corkscrew do most of the work pulling the cork out. The cork should be most of the way out by the time you get to wiggling. Let me know how it goes!
Also thanks for this recipe! Very classy!
This fruit salad came out GREAT! I used a Riesling-blend wine with hints of melon, apricot and vanilla. It tasted perfect. I will definitely make this again and pass the recipe along.
And here I thought all salads were grown up salads :0 Love the addition of wine, this is going to my pinterest board toot sweet!
Haha! Thanks Heidi! 🙂
Thanks
I just came back from an Alaskan cruise, and one of our favorite appetizers was melon balls in a wine syrup. Made your version tonight – and it is even better! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I’m so glad! Thanks, Jeri!
Very late to the party but…in the Dutch tradition we use a bottle of wine (most any will do depending upon ur personal preference). My fave is Moscato D’Asti which is sweet so I skip the sugar and cook time hence time saved! Always prefer fresh but using canned fruit in a pinch – peaches, pears, pineapple, green & black grapes, and.pitted cherries. Again fruits of your choice always works. If using canned fruit drain & save all the fruit juices for smoothies. Cut and mix fruit to your desire, put in a large bowl, add the wine and let it sit overnite (at least 12 hours) and enjoy!
I am making a mouse using mascarpone and ricotta cheese and while lightly sweetie it I don’t want it tasting like a child’s dessert. I have a Rising in my fridge, unopened, and wondered can I use that for the simple syrup for the strawberries and is there any herb you know that would complement it? A bit of mint? Happy to get advice. Plan to spoon drunken berries over mousse. So happy for your drunken berry idea! Thank you!
I don’t see why not, Kim! Sounds delicious!!