Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Ed Halmagyi’s fruit salad with thyme-vanilla sugar and extra virgin olive oil Food Ed Halmagyi’s fruit salad with thyme-vanilla sugar and extra virgin olive oil Preparation time 10 Minutes Cooking time Serves 4 INGREDIENTS ½ bunch thyme leaves 1 vanilla bean ¼ cup castor sugar ½ cup icing sugar 6 cups mixed fruits ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil Lemon balm leaves, to garnish METHOD 1. Combine the thyme leaves, scraped seeds of the vanilla bean and castor sugar in a mortar and pound until fine. Scatter on a lined tray, then set aside to dry. Mix with the icing sugar. 2. Arrange the fruits on plates, dust with the flavoured icing sugar, then drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and scatter with lemon balm leaves. Food Preparation Time 10 Minutes Serves 4 Wine Pairing Rich Chardonnay 6-Pack Price $121.50 Save $61.50 Qty | case Add to cart Murray Street Gomersal Estate Shiraz 2020 $51.00 in any 12 $54.00 in any 6 $60.00 each Price | options $51.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pindarie Small Block Fiano 2025 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Everyday Light White Wines 12-Pack Price $180.00 Save $116.00 Qty | case Add to cart After Five Wine Co Montepulciano 2021 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Southern Highlights Shiraz 2024 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Leogate Estate Long Flat White Winemaker's Blend 2021 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Latitude 32 Casuarina Single Block Semillon 2023 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Rochford Isabella's Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 $68.00 in any 12 $72.00 in any 6 $80.00 each Price | options $68.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tamburlaine Grass Roots Mourvèdre Cabernet 2021 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Discover More You might also like Food Lyndey Milan’s chipotle coffee chicken with corn and rainbow chard Food Lyndey Milan’s coffee-rubbed steak with spiced brussels sprouts Food The art of Italian Words by Mark Hughes on 2 Jul 2015 Discover more Dessert recipes Food Dave Pynt And The Fires Of Creation Words by Nick Ryan on 7 Jan 2025 Food Chocolate soufflé with Shiraz syrup Food Madeleines with chocolate cherry sauce & candied orange praline