Video Ensalada Navideña (Christmas Fruit Salad)

This is the best Ensalada Navideña and it’s so easy peasy! It’s traditionally made with 3 milks and is not overly sweet. Don’t let the name fool you. You can enjoy this fruit salad year round!

Ensalada Navideña is a refreshing Mexican fruit salad

Ensaladas dulces (sweet salads) are a perfect balance to meals with flavorful Mexican dishes like Pozole and tamales. It’s the perfect pairing!

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Planning a get together? Ensalada Navideña always has a place at the table for family fiestas, potlucks, posadas, and work functions. It’s loaded with fruit and the creamy dressing is refreshing! Serve it with some Ponche Navideño and it will be a hit!

This fruit salad is a great dish to whip up if you’re short on time! It’s ready faster than my classic Arroz Con Leche but it tastes best when you make it ahead of time to help blend the flavors and makes the marshmallows soften.

It’s one of those recipes that is always better the next day!

Ensalada Navideña con manzana y fruta

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Ingredients for the dressing

The sweetness in this dressing comes from the condensed milk and the fruit syrup that comes in the fruit cocktail. The mixture is not overly sweet. It’s perfectly delicious!

Ingredients for Ensalada Navideña

Ensalada Navideña is similar to “Ensalada De Manzana Navideña” but with more fruit. If you were to remove the strawberries and grapes, you would pretty much have the also popular Ensalada De Manzana (Apple Salad).

The beauty of this salad is that you can pick your favorite ingredients. For instance, my husband doesn’t like raisins so I include just a handful for me. Choose what you like!

For the salad you’ll need:

A large can fruit cocktail in syrup
4 large red apples – pick your favorite apples. It really doesn’t matter
A container fresh strawberries
Grapes (green preferably)
Pecan cut in small pieces
Raisins
Shredded coconut (unsweetened or sweetened)
Mini marshmallows optional (as much as you want!)

This Mexican Fruit Salad only requires basic ingredients!

How to make Ensalada Navideña

BLEND: Add the condensed & evaporated milk, media crema & cream cheese in a blender or food processor.
MIX until blended and set aside.
TOAST: In a small skillet, toast the pecans on medium heat for about 2 minutes. Keep moving them around so that they don’t burn.

Toasting the pecans before adding to the salad really brings out the flavor and adds a little more crunch!

MIX: In a large bowl, add the rest of the ingredients.

Fold all ingredients until all fruits are covered in the cream mixture
Add enough of the cream mixture to cover the fruit. Add more if needed according to taste. You will have leftover cream mix which can be stored in refrigerator up to one week.