Watermelon Fruit Salad with Pistachios and Honey-Lime Syrup

Dressing the watermelon fruit salad with honey-light syrup and toasted pistachios is an easy way to transform the summer melon into something really worthy of celebration.

Watermelon is one of my favorite summer fruits; It is juicy, refreshing and naturally sweet, which means that it really doesn’t need much to shine. In this recipe, I coup with singing for a contrast of color and season everything with a honey syrup with infused with brightness citrus by fresh lime, a pinch of brown sugar and a crunchy bite and hazelnut of toasted pistachios. It is a quick update that makes fresh fruit sing.

I love serving it as a refreshing side for a collection of courtyard or as a light and colorful dessert after a grilled meal. What if you have leftovers? They are wonderful for breakfast the next day with a ball of creamy Greek yogurt.

What’s in waterfall salad?

You don’t need many ingredients to prepare this fruit salad for sweet, tart and crunchy watermelon. Feel free to use any color watermelon or exchange in other types of melon for the melon!

• Pistachios Add a salty-sweet crunch and a beautiful hazelnut flavor. You can start with roasted and savory pistachios if you like a salat flavor in sweet dishes or start with the raw ones and toast them in the pan before adding the ingredients of the syrup.
• Honey It welcomes the syrup and adds an adorable aroma that completes the melon. Any honey will do it, but I like to use a floral acacia or a honey of wild flowers for this recipe.
• Dark cane sugar Add a note of deep molasses to the fruit syrup.
• Lime: Both the zest and juice of fresh lime add brightness and zing, balancing the sweetness of the syrup. You will need about 2 large lime or about 1/4 cup of juice for this recipe. Feel free to replace lemon instead.
• Watermelon: They are refreshing and moisturizing, watermelon is the star of this fruit salad. To choose a sweet watermelon, try finding one that looks heavy for its size with a yellow point. This means it’s mature. You can use a melon dancer to prepare small balls or diced dice of small size. If you use a melon dance, use waste to prepare this watermark of watermelon!
• Cantaloupe It adds a slightly more solid and velvety consistency and an extra sweetness to balance the watermelon.

How to prepare fruit salad for watermelon

This fruit salad combines quickly, so it is perfect for last minute meetings. I recommend serving it while the syrup is still hot.

• Toast to pistachios. Set a small non -stick pan over medium heat. Add 3/4 cup of chopped pistachios approximately and toast for 2-3 minutes, mixing with a wooden spoon, until it is fragrant.
• Prepare the honey-light syrup. Add 3 tablespoons of honey and 1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar to pistachios and heat, stirring constantly, for about 1 minute or until the brown sugar is completely dissolved. Turn off the heat and mix the grated zest and the juice of 2 large lime (about 1/4 cup of juice). Put aside to cool for 5 minutes. Taste and, if necessary, add more honey.
• Finish and serve. Combine 5 cups of waterless waterless cubes and 3 cups of cubes in a large bowl of shallow portion. Spoon the pistachio and the honey syrup everywhere and serve.

What to serve with watermelon fruit salad

This sweet and juicy watermelon fruit salad makes the side refreshing perfect for any meal in the heat. Combine it with grilled favorites such as our souvlaki grilled chicken, salmon skewers or lamb hamburgers.

It would also be a delicious and refreshing addition to a brunch of scrown egg brunch with Greek tomatoes, pizza pita for breakfast with Za’Atar or our spinach spinach omelette Spanakopita inspired.

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