Why You Should Add Salt To Your Fruit

Using salt on both ripe and unripened fruit should be your new kitchen trick.

Though there's almost nothing better than perfectly ripened fruit, adding a pinch of salt actually amplifies the fruit's natural flavor—making it essentially a more enhanced version of itself—while sprinkling a pinch of salt to unripened fruit can actually reduce its bitterness. Try it the next time you're biting into a fresh peach or making a fruit salad.

The play on salt and fruit is not necessarily a new one: Just ask the Italians, who love wrapping pieces of melons with thin slices of salty prosciutto.

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