Recipe Highlight: Mojito Fruit Salad

This Mojito Fruit Salad recipe is perfect for celebrating summer! The major fruit players in this festive salad are watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries. With a few jicama stars, this easily becomes a red, white, and blue fruit salad. How fun is that?!

While the limes aren’t actually visible in the salad, their tart awesomeness is evident with every bite. I especially like how the sweet minty-lime mixture soaks into the watermelon, so I always include much more watermelon than berries. On hot summer days, what is more refreshing than cold watermelon?! While it’s fun to include a bit of rum (it IS a mojito fruit salad, after all!), it’s definitely optional.

Mojito Fruit Salad

1 mini seedless watermelon, rind removed, cut into 1” cubes
2 pints strawberries, hulled and quartered
1 pint blueberries
1 medium-sized jicama, peeled, ¼” slices
Small bunch mint leaves, chopped
½ cup fresh lime juice
4 Tbsp. powdered sugar
¼ cup white rum, optional

Place fruit in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine chopped mint, lime juice, and powdered sugar. With the back of a spoon, muddle the mint to release its flavor. Stir in rum, if desired. Drizzle mixture over fruit. Gently fold to combine. Then place in the fridge to chill, and to let the fruit juices mingle. This can be made a few hours prior to serving. Just be sure to fold right before eating.

To make jicama stars, cut jicama into ¼” slices. Use a sharp star-shaped cutter to create stars. To preserve their whiteness, wait to toss into the salad right before serving.

-contributed by Jill Rozier
Lake Tahoe Markets
www.LakeTahoeMarkets.com