In a first-class dish, not only the taste component plays an important role, but also aesthetics. Even if the culinary abilities are modest, it is enough to properly serve the dishes and decorate the table with delicious cuts, so that guests are pleasantly surprised. For example, any festive table is perfectly decorated with fruit slices.
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If you are planning a buffet table, you need to remember that in the design of any cuts for the buffet table, the main task is to maintain compactness and also convenience when eating. For such a meal, arranging fruit slices is a difficult task, since all those who treat themselves do not sit at the same table, they freely move around the hall in the process of receiving refreshments. Therefore, they are unlikely to pay attention to the decorative delights of the table.
Making cuts from pieces of fruit should not be something supernatural: it should be simple, but at the same time original design.
Before you start making fruit slices, you should pay attention to the size of the pieces, which should correspond to one bite and be easily chewed. For a buffet, serving fruit in a classic way is suitable - on skewers for canapes or in the form of small kebabs. Skewers with skewered pieces of fruit can be inserted into a soft base made of foam or foam to give the entire dish a three-dimensional shape.
The second option for serving fruit slices involves the use of wafer cups or tartlets - they only need to lay out small portions of berries or fruits.
But if you are going to serve fruit slices for a children's holiday, then it is better to approach this matter more creatively. Children are the most strict culinary judges, who often give an assessment of the dish by visual perception.
Another easy way to bring fruit to the table is to put them in a basket made of half an empty watermelon.
Not every housewife can make figured fruit slices at home; moreover, not everyone masterfully owns carving tools. Therefore, take a look at a simpler version of the design of fruit slices for a children's holiday: lay out the berries and fruits in the form of cartoon characters, any contrasting combinations and patterns. Surprise the kids with a rainbow of strawberries, blueberries, tangerines and grapes! Or please them with silhouettes of computer game heroes.
In general, at the festival of kids your imagination may not be played out childishly - create and surprise young gourmets. Or you can even connect them to the serving process.
Vegetable, fruit, meat and cheese cuts are the main decorations on any table, so when planning a lush banquet for a special occasion, you should pay attention to the aesthetics of the served dishes and decor elements.
Here it’s better to hire a carving professional to get real works of art from fruit. It is easy for a carving master to cover melons and watermelons with a florid pattern, turn strawberries into a strange flower, and transform apple slices into soaring butterflies.
To make the finished fruit slicing look even more beautiful, you can sprinkle it with icing sugar, additionally garnish with fresh mint leaves. Fresh flowers look no less beautiful on a fruit plate.
But you can also decorate fruit slices for a banquet table on your own. At first, you can use the above idea with canapes. Or put fruits in baskets or on multi-tiered dishes, just remember the convenience of those treating yourself - put a bowl with toothpicks or skewers next to serving dishes. The chocolate fountain will not be out of place on the banquet table - those present will appreciate such a treat, dipping slices of juicy fruit into melted chocolate.