Oh gosh, you guys. This is a yummy one. My lovely friend, Lauren, made this salad for me and I was in heaven immediately. I do not normally like pomegranate seeds, but they were absolutely perfect with this salad. Combined with the mint, this is such a fresh flavor for a snack, breakfast, a party app, dinner side, or dessert! And it’s wonderfully colorful. I love when foods can be decoration, too.
The most important (and admittedly tedious) part of this salad is cutting the fruits. You peel the oranges and grapefruits with a knife to get rid of all the pulpy exterior, then you cut between each individual slice. You know how each slice of orange or grapefruit has a skin surrounding it? That’s what you want to cut out!
Winter Citrus Salad
Ingredients
1 grapefruit
1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon, no seeds
Juice of 1 lime
3 tsp sugar
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
2 tbsp fresh mint, stems removed and minced
Serves 3-4 (Definitely recommend doubling or tripling if making for a crowd)
Instructions
Cut off the tops and bottoms of the grapefruit and orange. Cut off the peels so that barely any pulp is showing.
Using the fruit’s pulpy veins to guide you, cut the fruit slices out of their veins so they are freed of their casings. Place the fruit slices in a serving bowl. Squeeze the remaining juice out of the fruit that is leftover once you’ve cut all of your slices.
Add lemon and lime juice over your slices. Sprinkle with sugar, pomegranate seeds, and mint. Stir to combine and serve!
This is right up my alley. I love fruits – especially citrus and this presentation looks fantastic! nice job Alex!