Looking for a fruit salad with a little sophistication and a touch of sweet wickedness? We douse the stunning looking white dragon fruit with aromatic Japanese plum wine and add some blueberries to create mouthfuls of sensational flavours. This Dragon Fruit Salad is not for the faint hearted!
Cut the dragon fruit in half, lengthways. Using the smaller end of a melon baller, ball as many dragon fruit balls as you can. Place the balled dragon fruit in a jar or bowl and pour plum wine over the dragon fruit until fully submerged. Place in the fridge for at least 24 hours. Drain and set aside.
Wash blueberries, pat dry and set aside.
Cut seedless black grapes in half or in thirds if they are quite big. Set aside.
Zest 2 limes. Mix the lime zest with caster sugar.
Assembly
In a medium size mixing bowl, gently mix together the dragon fruit, blueberries and black grapes.
Place the fruit salad on a serving plate.
Sprinkle generously with lime zest and sugar mix.
Serve immediately.
Notes
You should be able to find plum wine in your liquor store. If not, try Japanese grocers.
Select a plum wine that is as clear as possible so that it doesn’t stain the white dragon fruit.
After infusion, the plum wine is still drinkable as it only has a slight tinge of dragon fruit through it. Don’t waste it!
If you’re not able to find black grapes, you can substitute it with red grapes. Just make sure they are seedless.