Sliced fruit is not just an important attribute on any holiday table - it is beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, attractive, and even looks tempting and tasty. A fruit dish is usually served with wine, cognac, champagne, coffee and tea.
Beautifully executed cutting requires compliance with simple rules. An important condition is that all fruits must be ripe and fresh.
Every self-respecting housewife sooner or later thinks about the issue of decorating the dishes of her holiday table. How to beautifully decorate a table? How to decorate and serve a dish in an original way so that all guests gasp in admiration? What simple and at the same time interesting fruit decorations can you make with your own hands?
How to beautifully cut fruits for the table at home?
And step-by-step photo illustrations to help you:
Remember - the softer the fruit you choose, the worse it holds its desired shape.
This method of carving a swan was described in one of the cookbooks:
And this video shows an easier way to do it:
And you can do this:
How to make a rose from fruits and vegetables:
Heart
In addition to shaped cuts, shaped compositions from simple-shaped fruit pieces or whole fruits are used. The most ordinary fruit circles can be placed on a wide flat heart-shaped dish.
You will need:
- orange;
- kiwi;
- red berries.
How to do:
- Lay out the outline of the heart from the orange circles, placing the plastics slightly overlapping. The line should be continuous, the outer edges of the circles should be approximately at the same level.
- Inside, place a heart of kiwi circles (without peel) end-to-end with the oranges.
- Fill the center with red berries: cherries, grapes, raspberries or strawberries.
Carving of vegetables and fruits for beginners
Currently, the artistic cutting of fruits, which is called carving, from the English word carve, which means to cut, cut, is becoming increasingly popular. This is the whole art of carving fruits and vegetables (as well as wood, stones and ice).
From the smallest, simplest and most uncomplicated:
to huge ones, for example, for buffet or wedding tables:
Carving masters are able to create real masterpieces from different fruits. It is not so easy to master this technique at home. To make beautiful artistic cuts, you need special tools and skills. If you decide to take up this type of art, you will need special sets of fruit knives. These knives are sold in hardware stores or kitchenware departments.
The topic of carving is too broad and we will consider it in one of the following articles,
In the meantime, let's learn how to make simple decorations for fruit dishes with our own hands.
boat
For this table setting you will need:
- a pineapple;
- apple;
- grape;
- kiwi;
- strawberry.
How to assemble:
- Cut the pineapple in half.
- Remove the pulp with a spoon and cut into cubes.
- Divide the strawberries into two halves.
- Peel the kiwi and cut into slices.
- Chop the apple into strips or thin slices.
- Place all the fruits and berries in the pineapple peel, like in boats.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
How to make a bouquet of fruits with your own hands?
The simplest homemade fruit carving is a bouquet of flowers made with your own hands. No special skills are needed here. Take the fruits and herbs, cut them and put them on skewers. And then, using all your imagination, build bouquets from ready-made skewers and place them on your table in a beautiful vase.
The tail of a strawberry can be easily removed using a cocktail straw:
Video - master class on creating a fruit bouquet
To be honest, in order to present fruit beautifully, it is not at all necessary to engage in artistic cutting. There are simpler options.
For example, chop the existing fruits into circles of the same thickness (1 - 1.5 cm) and swap them. So, if you cut apples, oranges and pears, you should get an apple with a pear or an orange with an apple. You can also mix fruits of the same type, but just different colors. Arrange the cooked fruits beautifully on a plate and voila! Use your imagination!
Preparatory stage
Ingredient Selection
First, of course, you need to buy fruit
When choosing a product, it is important to first pay attention to quality: taste and aroma play a paramount role. And although many experts advise giving preference to hard products for curly cutting, it is worth asking yourself the question: will it be tasty? After all, guests first of all want to appreciate the fruit not for its design, but for its taste.
It is also important to understand how the products fit together. We bring to your attention several universal, in our opinion, combinations
- Classic off-season composition: apples, pears, bananas, oranges or tangerines, grapes, etc.
- Exotic composition: pineapples, mango, kiwi, pitahaya, coconuts, etc.
- Summer composition: peaches or apricots, watermelon, melon, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries and others.
Decoration of fruit slices
To cut fruits neatly and beautifully, you need to follow simple rules and tricks:
- Before slicing, be sure to wash all the fruit. In order for them to be stored longer and to withstand transportation well, they are coated with a chemical composition that is very dangerous!
- In your work, use only sharp knives, then the fruit slices will be thin and even. If you do the slicing in advance, long before the holiday, you should know that even in the refrigerator, sliced fruits can lose their original appearance and dry out.
- To preserve freshness longer, coat your slices with a thin layer of transparent jelly.
- Pomegranate seeds and berries will always add even more appeal to your dish.
- Bananas and apples darken faster than other fruits when cut, so they should be prepared last. And if you sprinkle the finished slices with lemon juice, this will help the fruit maintain its natural whiteness longer.
Don't be afraid of unusual combinations and bright experiments!
Fruit canapés on skewers for the festive table - simple recipes with photos
Another option for serving healthy and tasty fruits, which allows you to get creative with taste and shape, is canapes, or fruit on skewers. They are always interesting, varied, and will be appropriate at any feast.
The neater the pieces, the more spectacular the result will be!
Fruit slices can be turned into shapes of any complexity using any available tools, for example, cookie cutters
Composition for a wedding table
Fruits look bright and beautiful at a holiday. Oranges, apples, and strawberries are suitable for a wedding table. In the summer, melons and watermelons are decorated.
How to beautifully arrange fruit on a three-tier plate:
- Wash all fruits thoroughly.
- Cut apples and pears into petal shapes.
- Cut the pineapple lengthwise into 8 pieces. Leave the tails.
- Place the prepared fruits on the 1st tier.
- Cut the oranges into slices. Place on the middle tier.
- Decorate the top with pineapple greens. Place strawberries and sliced bananas around.
Skewers are served separately to make it convenient to take fruit from the plate. Melted chocolate is poured into small gravy boats.
Fruits take their rightful place on the holiday table. They combine chocolate, berries, and coconut flakes. Vases, shelves, and flat dishes are used for serving. Baskets made from watermelon look original.
How to serve fruit for a children's party?
If you have children visiting, then you simply must think about giving them a great mood. It doesn’t matter to your child how many hours you stood at the stove or spent looking for a rare delicacy. He is interested in pleasant emotions, and you need to take care of this.
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More ideas and photos for decorating fruit dishes
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