Cantaloupe, Plums, and Cherries with Mint and Vanilla

Name: Cantaloupe, Plums, and Cherries with Mint and Vanilla
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons, sugar; 1 - 2 tablespoons, minced fresh mint leaves; 1/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 , medium cantaloupe, rind and seeds removed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups); 2 , red plums (or black), about 5 ounces each, pitted and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 cups); 8 ounces, pitted, fresh cherries, halved (about 2 cups); 1 - 2 tablespoons, fresh lime juice (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2007

Could an old bartending trick be the simple answer to a better fruit salad?

SERVES4 to 6

TIME35 minutes

Cantaloupe, Plums, and Cherries with Mint and Vanilla

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create a fruit salad recipe with great fruit flavor, we had to rewrite a few rules. We found it hard to judge the proper amount of sugar when it was added directly to the salad, so we macerated each fruit in just the amount needed to rel...

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