Fruit Salad With Blackberry-basil Vinaigrette

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 cups gourmet mixed salad greens
• 1 1/2 cups sliced mangoes
• 1 1/2 cups pink grapefruit, segments
• 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 cup fresh blackberries
• 1 large avocado, peeled and sliced
• 0.5 (10 ounce) jar seedless blackberry preserves
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 6 fresh basil leaves
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoned pepper
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 add the salad ingredients to a large bowl, toss gently to combine.
• 2 to make the vinaigrette: add the first 6 vinaigrette ingredients to the container of a blender; pulse 2 or 3 (or more) times until blended.
• 3 with blender running, pour vegetable oil through the food chute in a slow, steady stream; process until smooth.
• 4 once salad is tossed, serve immediately with vinaigrette.