Name: Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon smoked or flaky sea salt; 1/4 small honeydew melon, rind removed, very thinly sliced; 1 pluot or plum, sliced into thin wedges; 1/2 cup halved pitted fresh cherries; 1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar; 1/2 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced; 1 cup torn frisée; 1 cup trimmed watercress; 2 medium ruby red grapefruits, peel and white pith removed, flesh sliced into 1/4"-thick rounds; Smoked or flaky sea salt; Freshly ground black pepper

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Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked SaltChristopher Baker

Feel free to adapt this fruit salad as the seasons change; aim for a mix of juicy fruit (like melon), stone fruit, and berries.

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