A dish filled with fruits, beckoning with its bright colors and exciting aroma, will decorate even the most modest home holiday. An original decorated fruit plate is sure to become a hit. Even the smallest guests will appreciate your imagination and talent.
Pick your recipe
You will need
- - serving dish;
- - a sharp knife;
- - fresh or canned fruits;
- - gelatin or a mixture for making jelly for a cake;
- - lemon juice;
- - icing sugar;
- - ground cinnamon;
- - sprigs of fresh mint or lemon balm.
Instruction manual
1
First of all, you need to choose the basis for serving fruit. The most common option is a flat plate with a large diameter or a dish. It is desirable that it be monophonic, without ornament or pattern.
If you have a multi-tiered serving dish in your arsenal of household utensils, this will greatly facilitate your task. On the lower tier, you can arrange quite large fruits, for example, oranges, apples and pears; on average - tangerines, plums, physalis; and at the very top - delicate strawberries, grapes, etc.
Children will be very happy with the "edible" fruit plates. Bake sweet waffles in an electric waffle iron, and while they are hot and soft, give them a bowl shape.
2
A dish on which you simply lay out fresh, thoroughly washed fruits can hardly be called a fruit plate in the generally accepted sense. Because in most cases, this dish is not served as a batch, all fruits should be cut into small pieces and peeled of seeds and inedible peels. To arrange a fruit plate, it is desirable to use sufficiently dense, not watery fruits. Canned fruits should be served separately from fresh fruits.
Cut apples and pears into slices, peel the seeds and hard core.
Citrus fruits, with the exception of tangerines, are usually cut into thin slices along with the zest. Mandarins have a more delicate structure, so either they are served whole, or they are skinned and taken apart into slices.
Peel the bananas and cut into 3-4 parts or circles.
Peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums are usually cut into 2-4 parts. Be sure to remove the bones.
Grapes should be divided into small brushes. Large grapes are best served, previously removed, from the branch.
3
It is no secret that many fruits oxidize and wind quickly, becoming completely unattractive. To prevent this from happening, you can use some tricks:
Fruits that oxidize and darken when exposed to air should be sprinkled with lemon juice. This primarily applies to apples, pears and bananas.
So that juicy fruits and berries do not get windy, they can be slightly greased with a gelatin solution or special transparent jelly for cakes.
Powder sugar and ground cinnamon have an excellent masking and decorating effect. Just lightly sprinkle fruit and the dish will sparkle in a new way.
Useful advice
To completely conquer your guests, study several carving workshops and make swans from apples or a fruit basket from watermelon.
Do not forget about such festive attributes as skewers and mini-forks, umbrellas and even a special table fireworks.