Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt

Name: Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 1/4 teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt; 1 1/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced; 1 1 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges; 1 1/2 cup halved pitted fresh cherries; 1 1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar; 1 1/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced; 1 1 cup torn frisée; 1 1 cup trimmed watercress; 1 2 medium ruby red grapefruits, peel and white pith removed, flesh sliced into 1/4"-thick rounds; 1 Smoked or flaky sea salt; 1 Freshly ground black pepper

From the kitchen of Carly

Sweet pickled fruit meets peppery greens in this elegant, light salad. Honeydew, pluot, and cherries soften in vinegar while fennel and watercress soak up a bright lemon vinaigrette. Smoked salt ties everything together with a whisper of smoke.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

11/4 cup olive oil
11 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
11/4 teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt
11/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced
11 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges
11/2 cup halved pitted fresh cherries
11/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
11/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced
11 cup torn frisée
11 cup trimmed watercress
12 medium ruby red grapefruits, peel and white pith removed, flesh sliced into 1/4"-thick rounds
1Smoked or flaky sea salt
1Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Whisk oil, lemon juice, and salt in a small bowl to combine; set aside.
Toss melon, pluot, cherries, and vinegar in medium bowl. Let sit, tossing occasionally, until fruit is lightly pickled, 10–15 minutes; drain.
Toss fennel, frisée, and watercress with half of vinaigrette in a large bowl. Arrange grapefruits on a serving platter; sprinkle with smoked salt. Top with pickled fruit and scatter dressed fennel salad over.
Serve salad drizzled with remaining lemon vinaigrette and sprinkled with smoked salt and pepper.