How to make a delicious dressing for a fruit salad. 18 delicious and proven sauce recipes for children and adults

While things are in full swing and there are a lot of fruits and berries, recipes for dressings and various sauces for fruit salads come in handy. There are really many ways to make sauce – you can choose any one you like.

Citrus (orange) dressing

Sweet and sour sauce made from citrus fruits goes well with dishes made from sweet fruits – bananas, strawberries, pears and apples. This orange fruit salad dressing adds extra flavor and richness to the dish, but is very low in calories.

Composition:

• orange – 1 pc.;
• lemon – 1 pc.;
• sugar (preferably cane) – 1 tsp;
• ginger (ground) – 1 tsp.

Recipe:

1. Squeeze the juice from the orange. If you get small ones, you can take 2 pieces.
2. Cut the lemon in half. Squeeze the juice from one half and pour into the orange. From the other, cut off the zest and grate it on a fine grater.
3. Mix everything thoroughly.

This exotic fruit salad dressing can be made less savory by removing the ginger and seasoning with cinnamon. Or you can do without spices at all, then the exotic citrus sauce will be simply refreshing and pleasant.

Sea buckthorn

Sea buckthorn salad sauce will appeal to lovers of this unusual berry. And it prepares easily and quickly.

Composition:

• adhesive tape – 300 g;
• honey – 1 tbsp. L.;
• cinnamon – 1 tsp.

How to cook:

1. Squeeze juice from berries. Divide it into 2 equal parts.
2. Warm one half slightly. Add honey and cinnamon there. Stir thoroughly until the honey dissolves.
3. Combine both parts of the juice and stir.

Instead of fresh sea buckthorn berries, you can use store-bought juice. But you will need less of it – only 200 ml. And if the dressing seems too sour, you can simply add more honey.

From condensed milk

You can also make a delicious sauce from condensed milk. And so that the sauce with condensed milk does not turn out too sweet, it is diluted with the juice of sour fruits (usually oranges or pineapples).

Ingredients:

• condensed milk – 100 ml;
• cream – 100 ml;
• fruit juice (preferably sour) – 50 ml;
• cinnamon – 1 tsp.

Recipe:

1. Add drinking cream and condensed milk to the blender bowl. Beat a little for 30-40 seconds.
2. Add juice and beat until smooth.
3. Sprinkle with cinnamon and stir.

This dressing can be made without a blender. It just takes a little longer to mix the ingredients with a spoon, but the final result will be just as creamy and delicious.

Banana-apple

This fresh fruit salad dressing has a distinct flavor that banana lovers will love. It can be added to any salad that does not contain bananas themselves (otherwise it will turn out too rich).

Composition:

• banana – 1 pc.;
• apple (preferably sweet varieties) – 2 pcs.;
• carrots – 100 g.

How to make the sauce:

1. Grind a large banana until puree. It is advisable to take a completely ripe banana, not a greenish one.
2. Squeeze juice from apples and carrots.
3. Combine both liquids with banana puree. Beat until smooth (with a blender or by hand).

When the household does not have a juicer, you need to buy store-bought juices. Then you will need 100 ml of apple, and 50 ml of carrot.

Vanilla

A delicious dressing for fruit salad made from eggs and vanilla that goes well with absolutely any fruit. In general, this vanilla sauce with milk should be safely served with fresh baked goods and many other desserts.

Composition:

• milk – 400 ml;
• egg – 2 pcs.;
• vanillin – 0.5 tsp. l.;
• sugar – 2 tbsp. L.;
• walnut (kernel) – 50 g.

Recipe:

1. Separate the egg yolks. You won’t need the whites – you can throw them away.
2. Beat the yolks together with vanilla and sugar until a slight foam appears.
3. Place the milk on low heat and bring to a boil. Constantly watch and stir so that it does not burn.
4. Pour the whipped yolks into the milk in a thin stream, stirring continuously.
5. Reduce heat to low. Boil the future sauce until it thickens (when ready, it should resemble drinking cream).
6. Remove from heat and add chopped nuts. You can use grated or crushed into small pieces.

The sauce turns out well without nuts – you can safely remove them from the recipe. Vanillin can be replaced with vanilla sugar (but then you should reduce the amount of regular sugar).

Chocolate

This sweet fruit salad dressing is a wonderful option for chocolate lovers. This sauce works well for berry salads, and also goes well with bananas.

Composition:

• cream – 150 ml;
• chocolate (black or milk – to taste) – 2 tbsp. l.;
• cocoa powder – 2 tbsp. L.;
• sugar – 2 tbsp. l.

Step by step recipe:

1. Combine all ingredients except chocolate. Beat thoroughly by machine or whisk.
2. Grind the chocolate with a grater.
3. Add it to the whipped cream mixture. Stir again.

It is permissible to replace cream with sour cream so that the dressing is not sweet, but sweet and sour. Its quantity is also 150 ml. By the way, this chocolate sauce can also be served with pancakes.

Lemon

Fruit salad dressing can be made with the addition of juice and zest of fresh lemon. A similar sauce with lemon juice turns out sour, so you need to combine it with very sweet fruits (bananas, pears, sweet apples).

Composition:

• cream – 100 ml;
• lemon – 1 pc.;
• cream – 2 tbsp. l.;
• vanillin – 0.5 tsp. l.;
• sugar.

Recipe:

1. Combine everything except lemon. Beat well until smooth.
2. Squeeze the juice from a full lemon.
3. Grind the zest with a small grater. You can use the zest of only half a lemon to make the sauce less spicy.
4. Add juice and zest to the future dressing. Mix.

It is advisable to add the juice immediately before serving the salad – then the taste of the dressing will be more refreshing. And the amount of sugar should be adjusted according to your own taste.

From ice cream

Children can easily make a fruit salad sauce using ice cream. This ice cream sauce goes well with any fruit. Vanilla ice cream is usually used because of its pleasant aroma, but you can choose other types of ice cream.

Composition:

• ice cream – 200 g;
• water – 100 ml;
• chocolate (milk) – 40 g;
• raisins – 2 tbsp. l.

How to cook:

1. To boil water. Pour boiling water over the raisins and leave for 20 minutes to swell.
2. Keep the ice cream in a warm room until it melts. You don’t have to melt the ice cream to a liquid state, but just wait until it becomes soft and creamy.
3. Grate the chocolate on a coarse grater.
4. Remove the raisins from the water and wait for the excess liquid to drain. You can dry it with a paper towel.
5. Combine all ingredients and mix well.

It is better to put the ice cream sauce for children in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. During this time, you can cut fruit for a fresh salad.

With alcohol

A zesty, alcoholic dressing for adults tastes great in a fruit salad. It is equally suitable as a sauce for berry salads and for dishes made from tropical fruits (oranges, grapefruits, pineapples).

Composition:

• strong alcohol – 100 ml;
• fruit juice (any sweet – to taste) – 100 ml;
• lemon juice – 1 tsp;
• mint – 6 leaves.

Recipe:

1. Chop the mint as finely as possible.
2. Mix the chopped leaves with lemon juice in a mortar. Grind thoroughly to a paste.
3. Squeeze the liquid from the mint leaves.
4. Add alcohol and fruit juice. To stir thoroughly.
5. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

You can use strong alcohol to suit your taste – rum, dry wine, cognac or even vodka and tonic are ideal. But brandy and whiskey go worse with fruit – it’s better not to add them.

Honey and wine

You can dress fruit salads with a dressing that combines honey and wine. This composition is well suited for apple, citrus dishes and salads with the addition of kiwi.

Composition:

• wine (dry or semi-dry) – 70 ml;
• honey – 2 tbsp. L.;
• olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
• salt – 1 pinch.

Recipe:

1. Combine honey and wine and stir until smooth. It is better to use liquid honey to make it easier to dissolve.
2. Season with oil and salt. Stir again.
3. Let it brew in a warm room for about 15 minutes.

Sauce with honey for fruit salad decorates a festive feast well. And if honey sauce is used for salad by children, then real wine can be replaced with grape vinegar (preferably white – it has a milder taste).

Mint-ginger

This recipe makes a very tasty sauce for fruit salad. In fact, the result is a rather thick syrup of oranges and mint, which goes well with any fruit. And to make it less spicy and piquant, you just need to reduce the amount of ginger.

Composition:

• orange – 2 pcs.;
• mint – 10 leaves;
• ginger – 70 g;
• sugar.

Recipe:

1. Grind the mint almost into a paste. Grate the ginger on a small grater.
2. Squeeze juice from citrus fruits. Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan.
3. Place on low heat. Boil for about 10 minutes. You can add sugar to taste.
4. Remove from heat and cool.

Instead of freshly squeezed juice, it is permissible to use store-bought juice – 130 ml will be enough. You can also buy nectar instead of pure juice, which will eliminate the need to add sugar.

Smetannaya

 

For fruit salad, sour cream sauce is an interesting dressing with a pleasant sourness. There are many recipes for its preparation, but it tastes best with the addition of honey.

Composition:

• cream – 150 ml;
• honey – 2 tbsp. L.;
• chia seeds – 1 tbsp. l.;
• nutmeg (ground);
• cloves (ground).

Recipe:

1. Put honey in sour cream. Beat until smooth with a blender or whisk.
2. Season with ground spices. Both cloves and nuts have a strong, pungent aroma, so you only need to add very small pinches.
3. Sprinkle with seeds. Mix.
4. Leave to brew for 20-30 minutes. You can do it longer – then the seeds will swell greatly and stop crunching.

Sour cream sauce for fruit salad can be made without any spices at all. Simply combine sour cream with fresh honey. But cloves and nutmeg go very well with fermented milk products and complement them favorably.

Kefir dressing

Fermented milk kefir dressing for fruit salad goes well with berries, pineapples and bananas. And preparing a similar fruit sauce for salad is very simple.

Composition:

• kefir – 200 ml;
• honey – 4 tbsp. L.;
• walnut (kernel) – 50 g.

Recipe:

1. Combine kefir and honey. Stir lightly.
2. Beat until foam appears. If you don’t have a blender, you can use a whisk, but it will take longer to beat.
3. Crush the nuts. Pour into future fruit salad sauce and stir again.

If desired, you can add other ingredients to kefir – vanillin, any spices to taste. All this goes well with fermented milk products.

From jam

A great budget-friendly way to dress up fruit salads is to use whatever preserves you have in your pantry. There is no need to worry about the flavor combination – any jam works equally well.

Composition:

• jam – 100 g;
• yogurt (preferably without fillers) – 100 ml;
• lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.

Recipe:

1. Mix jam with yogurt.
2. Add juice. Beat a little with a blender (or mix thoroughly with a spoon).
3. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Yagodnaya

Berry sauce for fruit salad is easy to make from absolutely any fruit. Strawberries and raspberries work well, but you can also take unusual berries such as blackberries or blueberries – all at your own discretion.

Composition:

• berries – 200 g;
• water – 100 ml;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. L.;
• citric acid – 1 pinch.

Recipe:

1. Mash the berries with a spoon (or a potato masher – it’s even more convenient).
2. Sprinkle with sugar and acid.
3. Pour water over everything and put on low heat.
4. Bring to a boil and turn off immediately. Then cool to room temperature.

Berry dressing is often used by supporters of proper nutrition. It is no less healthy and low-calorie than celery sauce for fruit salad, which will be discussed below.

PP and vegetarian

A healthy dressing for fruit salad, which is also suitable as sauce for vegans, is prepared according to the following recipe. Celery goes well with fruit salad; the sauce with the addition of its juice turns out to be light and neutral in taste, without overpowering the main ingredients of the dish.

Composition:

• celery – 200 g;
• lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
• olive oil – 1 tbsp. l.

Recipe:

1. Squeeze the juice out of the celery. Remove all pulp.
2. Add lemon juice and mix together thoroughly.
3. Add oil. Stir again.

This dietary dressing goes well with salads containing pears and apples. Vegan celery dressing also goes well with vegetable salads.

From yogurt

When you are already tired of regular yogurt as a dressing, you can prepare a more complex sauce based on it. Yogurt dressing for fruit salad is always a win-win option.

Composition:

• yogurt – 100 ml;
• orange – 1 pc.;
• lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
• honey – 3 tbsp. l.

Recipe:

1. Squeeze the juice from both citrus fruits. Stir in honey.
2. Grate the lemon zest on a fine grater.
3. Combine all ingredients. Mix thoroughly until smooth.

You can choose yoghurt with any filling. Many people prefer to match it with a salad (for example, berry yogurt with a berry salad), but the most popular is regular vanilla flavoring. If you want a more PP option for dressing, then take natural yoghurt or matsoni.

Made from whipped cream

Creamy fruit salad dressing can be prepared in a variety of ways. Here is a common recipe that produces a delicious cream with a delicate consistency.

Composition:

• whipped cream – 200 g;
• pineapple juice (can be replaced with orange juice) – 60 ml;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• lemon juice – 2 tbsp. l.;
• flour – 2 tbsp. L.;
• sugar – 2 tbsp. l.

Recipe:

1. Separate the yolk from the egg (you won’t need the white). Stir in flour and sugar until smooth.
2. Add both juices to the egg mixture. Mix again.
3. Place on low heat. Boil until thickened.
4. Cool the future sauce. Add whipped cream and mix again.

If you can’t find whipped cream in the store, you can beat regular cream in a blender. But only cream with a fat content of at least 30% is whipped. Less fatty ones simply remain liquid no matter how much you blend them.