This is my Summer Berry Salad - fresh mixed berries with a light dressing of honey, orange and mint. The perfect quick & easy dinner party dessert!
Looking for a simple, but occasion-worthy dessert? What about a summer berry salad, dressed with orange juice, mint and honey?
Sounds fancy, doesn't it? But so easy! Give yourself a break in the dessert department for your next party or event and throw together this gorgeous mixed berry fruit salad. It's also a great fruit salad for a crowd - really simple to scale up, and it's pretty much a no chop fruit salad! The only chopping involved in my berry salad was the strawberries, how easy is that?
You can literally have a beautiful and healthy dessert ready in 15 minutes!
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How do you make a summer berry salad?
Mix together a selection of berries, depending on what's in season. In my berry salad I have used:
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
You can use any combination of fresh mixed berries that you have available. Other berries that would be great are blackberries, mulberries or even pitted cherries (which I know is technically not a berry but I think they would be great!) - whatever is freshly available.
Then combine honey, orange juice and sliced mint, then pour the mixture over your berries. Done!
* See recipe card at the end of this post for ingredient quantities and detailed instructions
My top tips for making this simple summer berry salad
- You could make this berry fruit salad up to 4 hours ahead, just keep it covered in the fridge until needed.
- The easy way to finely slice your mint? Just lay the leaves on top of each other in a little pile, then roll that pile into a tight sausage shape then cut off thin "slices" of the sausage. Mint chiffonade - fancy!
- You can also adjust the amount of honey to your taste.
- I love to serve this fresh berry fruit salad with mascarpone.
More easy fruit desserts you may like
Peach Sorbet - my most popular recipe ever! A simple 3 ingredient peach sorbet that tastes like summer in a bowl, with no need for an ice cream maker!
Cherry Sorbet - another easy sorbet with just 3 ingredients, and all without an ice cream maker! The best part is it uses frozen cherries!
Blueberry Peach Crumble - warm slices of peach interspersed with little pops of blueberries, with a crumbly biscuit topping.
Strawberry Crumble with Cointreau - juicy, syrupy strawberries topped with a buttery crumble.
Strawberry Coulis - a delicious, smooth strawberry sauce with only 3 ingredients that will take your next dessert from great to amazing!
Enjoy!
Lee-Ann ♥
📖 Recipe
Fresh Summer Berry Salad with Honey & Mint
Ingredients
- 250 g fresh raspberries
- 250 g fresh blueberries
- 500 g fresh strawberries quartered
- 1 tblsp orange juice I used fresh
- 1 tblsp runny honey
- ¼ cup mint leaves - loosely packed finely shredded (see notes)
Instructions
- To make the dressing, mix together orange juice (1 tbsp), honey (1 tbsp) and finely shredded mint (¼ cup whole leaves - loosely packed) in a small bowl or jug and set aside.
- Place berries in a large bowl, then pour over the dressing and stir to combine.
- Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.
Notes
- You could make this berry fruit salad up to 4 hours ahead, just keep it covered in the fridge until needed.
- The easy way to finely slice your mint? Just lay the leaves on top of each other in a little pile, then roll that pile into a tight sausage shape then cut off thin "slices" of the sausage. Mint chiffonade - fancy!
- You can also adjust the amount of honey to your taste.
- This is perfect served with my Creamy Orange Dessert Sauce.
I had never heard of “runny honey” before (from USA). Now I chuckle whenever I think about it.
The fruit salad was a hit. Served it with the orange cream sauce.
Hehe! Glad I'm putting a laugh in your day! Just to clarify - here in Australia you can also buy creamed honey which is quite thick and very un-runny! So happy you enjoyed the fruit salad and sauce Peggy 🙂
The mint is such a nice touch.
Thanks Melissa!
I made the creamy orange dessert mix and loved it.
Thank you,Tracey
Glad you enjoyed it Tracey! L x