This berry salad recipe is simple to make and perfect for fresh berries. It’s delicious on its own, or add whipped cream for a beautiful dessert.
Sometimes, the simplest recipes are the best, and this incredible berry fruit salad is one of those recipes! It takes minutes and turns into one of the most delicious summertime desserts we’ve made.
I love this as a light summery dessert, but it’s also amazing when spooned onto your everyday oatmeal, yogurt, chia pudding, or enjoyed as a midday snack (with or without the cream).
Key Ingredients
- Berries: I use as many fresh berries in this salad as I can. I love strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Use what you have available.
- Sugar: We don’t add a lot of sugar, but a little does help to macerate the berries, which means that the berries will taste even better, and you’ll be left with a delicious berry syrup to spoon over your salad.
- Rice Wine Vinegar: A little acid brings out the flavors of our berries. Lemon or lime are common, but we love rice wine vinegar since it’s so mild. All you will taste is the berries!
- Mint: Fresh mint is super delicious with fresh berries, so we add a good amount of finely sliced mint to our salad. If you don’t have any available, simply leave it out.
- Whipped Cream: I love berries and cream, so I love to serve this berry salad on top of a spoonful of homemade whipped cream. I use my go-to recipe for whipped cream but reduce the sugar slightly since the berries already have some sugar added. For a dairy-free option, try coconut whipped cream. We also love this zabaglione recipe as a substitute for the cream (an Italian custard).
Find the full recipe with measurements below.
How to Make the Best Berry Salad
Tip 1: Macerate the berries. Toss the berries with a bit of sugar and rice wine vinegar, then let them sit for about 10 minutes. The sugar draws out some of the juices, intensifying the flavor and creating a light berry syrup at the bottom of the bowl.
Tip 2: Add fresh mint. After the berries have sit with the sugar, gently fold in chopped fresh mint. The mint brightens the berries and adds the most delicious fresh note to the salad.
Tip 3: Make berries and cream. This salad is wonderful on its own, but it also makes an effortless dessert. Make a batch of lightly sweetened whipped cream, spread some on a plate, then spoon the berries and their syrup over top. It feels extra special, but couldn’t be simpler.
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This berry salad is one of my favorite summertime desserts! It’s super simple to make and tastes incredible. I love the mint and rice wine vinegar added to the berries. They genuinely turn this salad into something special. I also love serving this with whipped cream. You can skip it for a lighter dish, but the cream tastes so good with the berries! I love adding a big spoonful of the cream to my plate and then adding the salad on top (so pretty!).
You Will Need
For the Salad2 cups strawberries, quartered (330g)
1 cup blueberries (150g)
1 cup blackberries (120g)
1 cup raspberries (120g)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar (12g)
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
¼ cup mint leaves, thinly sliced into thin ribbons
For the Whipped Cream1 cup cold heavy cream or heavy whipping cream (240ml)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar (12g)
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1Make the salad: Place all the berries into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and rice vinegar. Gently toss to combine. Let the salad stand for 10 minutes. Then, fold in the mint. Serve as a salad or make whipped cream for berries and cream.
2Make the whipped cream: Add the cream to a stand mixer or, if using a handheld mixer, to a large bowl. Begin beating the cream at a low speed, then increase to medium-high as it starts to foam and bubble. With the mixer running, add the sugar, and then, as it starts to thicken, add the vanilla. Whip the cream until soft peaks (as you pull the beater out of the cream, the cream should fall back into the bowl slowly).
3Serve: Add a generous spoonful of cream to a small plate, then top with the berries, some of the syrup sitting at the bottom of the salad bowl, and more mint.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Leftovers: As the berries sit with the sugar, they soften, so this berry salad is best eaten the same day you make it. If you are okay with softer berries, it is still quite delicious the next day (I love it on my everyday oatmeal).
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
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Made this up for my daughter & she loved it! Served it atop plain Greek yogurt with a bit of whipped cream & a drizzle of pure chocolate syrup. She said it’s her new favorite dessert! Thank you for sharing this with us!
As a vegetarian I especially love this dish. I may have it for dinner using yoghurt instead of the cream. Carliss