Cherry and watermelon salad

Make the most of cherries with this beautiful red-hued fruit salad. Its great for dessert or as a special brunch and is vegan friendly.

Recipe «Cherry and watermelon salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2.5kg seedless watermelon, 1kg cherries, halved and pitted, 1 vanilla bean, 300g caster sugar, 5 cloves , Juice of 1 lemon, 80g pistachios .

Ingredients:

• 2.5kg seedless watermelon 
• 1kg cherries, halved and pitted 
• 1 vanilla bean 
• 300g caster sugar 
• 5 cloves 
• Juice of 1 lemon 
• 80g pistachios 

Instructions

1. Cut watermelon into 6 wedges then remove flesh from skin. Discard skin. Cut each wedge into 1cm-thick triangular slices. Place watermelon into a heatproof bowl with halved cherries.
2. Using a small knife, split vanilla bean in half lengthways then using knife tip, scrape seeds into a small saucepan. Add scraped bean, sugar, cloves and 400ml water. Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes then pour mixture over fruit in bowl. Add lemon juice and toss gently to combine. Refrigerate until chilled.
3. Meanwhile, place pistachios in a heatproof bowl. Pour boiling water over to cover. Stand for 1 minute then drain. Using your fingers, rub skins from warm pistachios then pat dry. To serve, stir pistachios into fruit salad then spoon into a large bowl. Serve with crisp biscuits, or as an accompaniment to slices of butter cake, or spooned over scoops of vanilla bean ice-cream.