Fruit Party Ideas

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This is a great fruit platter to have out a party or to bring to the hostess!

Strawberry Fruit Salad
Serves 4

1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon mild vinegar such as rice or cider vinegar
1 tablespoon almond oil or walnut oil
Kosher salt to taste
1/2 small cantaloupe, peeled and seeds removed
1 pint strawberries, washed and stemmed
1 navel orange, peeled with all white pith removed
4 kiwifruit, peeled and cut into thin rounds
Small head of radicchio for lining a platter
2 tablespoons toasted, sliced almonds

1. Combine ginger, honey, lemon juice, vinegar, oil, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.

2. With cut side of cantaloupe down on a work surface, cut into very thin slices crosswise. Then cut slices in half crosswise. Halve strawberries lengthwise. Cut oranges into thin slices.

3. Put radicchio on a platter, flattening it out to make as even a surface as possible. Arrange fruit in concentric rings around the platter; first the cantaloupe on the outside, then half the strawberries inside that. Then arrange kiwi, remaining strawberries, and orange slices in the center.

4. Stir up dressing again and pour over fruit. Sprinkle with almonds.