#BrunchWeek: Fresh Mint and Orange Blossom Fruit Salad

May 8, 2015

Fresh Mint and Orange Blossom Fruit Salad #BrunchWeek | Sarcastic Cooking I remember planning dinner parties and brunches in my twenties. It all centered around booze and fancy apps. I would look in this book I have called The Wine Bible and try and pair wines with tapas. For a small group of 10 friends I debearded and cooked mussels, roasted potatoes, made garlic bread, and created a whole meat and cheese platter. That was for just one dinner. Why did I go through all that? Plus ol’ party planner McGee didn’t count on the fact that everybody would only get 1-2 mussels. Dummy.

I remember the stress of trying to make things presentable as guests were hovering in my kitchen. Oh, you wanna help? How about go in the other room so I can throw stuff around and spill and burn myself without an audience. Sorry I am not a graceful under pressure kind of hostess.

Now, most of my friends have kids so the parties have changed. Yeah, we still focus on who is bringing the booze. Even though everybody always says don’t worry we have enough, you know you still bring some fancy beer or wine. It is just common courtesy, people.

Fruit Salad Ingredients

The last time my BFF and her two little ones came over, I made us a breakfast pizza with eggs on it. Not too hard, but still fancy enough to make us feel like adults. For the kids, it was fruit salad and microwaveable mac and cheese. All of our parties and gatherings these days center on who is bringing the fruit. Little kids without some sticky sweet fruit to smear all over their faces and clean clothes just isn’t right!

For Brunch Week today, I did a little fancier take on the fruit salad. I added in a splash of Nielsen-Massey Orange Blossom Water, some orange zest scented sugar, and some fresh mint. I think it was three easy additions that really made this a next level side.

My little fruit monster even made an appearance when I said the word fruit. Chubby baby hands are the best food prop. Just sayin!

Fresh Mint and Orange Blossom Fruit Salad for #BrunchWeek

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Then dive into some fruit salad this weekend and make sure to check out these other great recipes during the remainder of Brunch week:

BrunchWeek Beverages:
Mango Swirled Coconut Margarita from The Little Ferraro Kitchen.
Bruleed Grapefruit Mojito from Healthy Delicious.
Strawberry Orange Blossom Sparkler from Baking a Moment.

BrunchWeek Egg Dishes:
Bacon and Egg Sandwiches on Cheddar Biscuits from Sew You Think You Can Cook.

BrunchWeek Breads, Grains and Pastries:
Lemon Blueberry Crepes from Love and Confections.
Java Jolt Overnight Oats from Take A Bite Out Of Boca.
Hagelslag-Covered Bread from Culinary Adventures with Camilla.
Nutella Stuffed Aebleskiver from greens & chocolate.
Baked French Toast Boats from The Spiffy Cookie.
Skinny Banana Oat Flaxseed Cookies from Hip Foodie Mom.
Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Sticks from Making Miracles.
Cheddar Pear Proscuitto Pull-Apart Bread from It Bakes Me Happy.
Alpine Cheese Grisini from Jane’s Adventures in Dinner.

BrunchWeek Main Dishes:
Bacon Cheddar Hashbrown Pancake from Pink Cake Plate.
Huevos Rancheros Burgers from The Redhead Baker.

BrunchWeek Fruits, Vegetables and Sides:
Fresh Mint and Orange Blossom Fruit Salad from Sarcastic Cooking.
Citrus and Cilantro Carrot Slaw from A Day in the Life on the Farm

BrunchWeek Desserts:
Mini Apple Pear Pies from Quarter Life (Crisis) Cuisine.
Strawberry Cake from Chelsea’s Messy Apron.
Chocolate Chip Walnut Coffee Cake from girlichef.
Raspberry Oatmeal Bars from My Catholic Kitchen.

Fresh Mint and Orange Blossom Fruit Salad

Take the fruit salad to the next level with a dash of orange blossom water, orange scented sugar, and a pinch of fresh chopped mint!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 Cups

Ingredients

  • 6 Cups of Assorted Fresh Fruit
  • 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Fresh Orange Zest
  • 1 Teaspoon Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
  • 1 Teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Orange Blossom Water
  • 4-5 Fresh Mint Leaves finely chopped

Instructions

  1. Add fruit to a large mixing bowl.
  2. Combine the zest and sugar in a small bowl, using your fingers. Once the sugar is fully scented and combined with the zest, add it to the fruit along with the orange juice and orange blossom water.
  3. Gently mix the fruit together to make sure it is all coated and the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Add fruit mixture to serving bowl, top with fresh mint, and then serve.

Disclaimer: Thank you to #BrunchWeek Sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, California Walnuts, Dixie Crystals, Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic/True Juice, KitchenAid, Le Creuset, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Pacari Chocolate, Stonyfield Organic, Vidalia Onions, and Woot Froot for providing the prizes free of charge. These companies also provided the bloggers with samples and product to use for #BrunchWeek. All opinions are my own.

 

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    We love this orange blossom secret ingredient! We’ll be sharing this recipe with our facebook and twitter followers on 6/27! 🙂

  • Julia
    May 19, 2015 at 9:57 am

    I LOVE fruit salad and I never thought to use extract to give it an extra flavor boost! This is sheer brilliance! Of course, I have that lovely orange blossom extract in my very own home, so I’m thinking I need to make this recipe for Memorial Day Weekend. La-la-la-la-loooooooove!!! xo

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    May 11, 2015 at 10:07 am

    What a great idea using the orange blossom water in fruit salad.

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    May 9, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    Looks like a bowl of sunshine – who wouldn’t want this salad to adorn their brunch plate!?

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    May 8, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    What a gorgeous salad!!

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    Oh my goodness, I love this recipe already! I just love fruit salad, and the orange blossom water addition?? Heaven. I can already tell this will be my new favorite “fancy” fruit salad recipe! Great recipe, Stefanie!

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