Things You'll Need:
- Selection of fresh fruits in season
- Lemon juice
- Mint leaves
- Choice of fruit soup garnishes
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Step 1
Prepare your fruit soup base. This is the pureed goodness that will create the underlying flavor and texture of your soup. Cantaloupe is a good choice but use your creativity and select flavorful fruits. Strawberry, watermelon, peaches and apricots all make a refreshing base.
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Step 2
Process your base fruit in a food processor or a blender until smooth. Since this is the biggest ingredient in your fruit soup, choose a large amount of one fruit, like cantaloupe or a combination of fruits, such as peaches, apricots and bananas.
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Step 3
Dice your feature fruits. Choose fruit flavors that compliment your soup base. Dice two or more fruits into small chunks, approximately ½-inch in diameter to provide taste and texture to your soup. Sprinkle lemon juice over freshly diced fruits to prevent discoloring. Use 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for every quart of diced fruit and stir to distribute evenly.
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Step 4
Combine colors as well as flavors. The basic rule here is to avoid blending greens and reds in the soup base, which results in a tasty but unattractive brownish soup. However, you may prepare a strawberry base and add diced green grapes without affecting the overall color.
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Step 5
Mix your diced feature fruits into the base, stir and allow to chill, covered, in the refrigerator for at least one hour but no more than four hours, before serving.
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Step 6
Garnish your fruit soup with delicate orbs of baked puff pastry or small cubes of lightly-browned pound cake. Add a sprig of fresh mint for a refreshing touch that your guests will love.
