Cutting fruit nicely is a whole art. This is not only a decoration for the table, but also a joy for the eyes. After all, as you know, a dish is eaten not only by mouth, but also by sight. On the Internet there are many pictures with whole bouquets of masterly chopped fruits. And it seems like it is incredibly difficult. But this is only at first glance.
A little practice, time, patience - and the result will not be long in coming. Children will be full, and relatives and guests are satisfied.
Fruit vase
Beautifully sliced fruits do not have to be complicated. The easiest way to decorate the table with fruit is to make a vase. Guests will be pleasantly surprised by the culinary skills of the hostess. In order to make a melon basket, you will need:
- small melon;
- grapes and apples - for filling.
Recipe:
- You need to take a small melon (you can use a small watermelon if desired). Wash thoroughly and cut in half. Wipe dry. The insides of melons and seeds should be cleaned, leaving two centimeters of pulp along the edge. It is most convenient to do this with a tablespoon or a spoon for ice cream. Try to leave the edges of the same thickness throughout the diameter.
- After the pulp is peeled, you need to find a thin kitchen knife, which will be convenient for slicing fruits.
- It is worth mentally marking the cloves along the edge of the peeled melon. Start cutting the cloves in a zigzag pattern. If there is no confidence in the accuracy of the eye, it is recommended to outline triangles (teeth) with a felt-tip pen.
- By marks start to cut sharp cloves.
- Wash the grapes and separate from the twigs. Wash the apple into slices.
- Put the fruits in a finished vase of melon.
Can be served. Guests will be delighted.
Exotic island
This option of slicing fruits will especially appeal to children; it is perfect for a children's holiday.
Ingredients:
- banana;
- two kiwis;
- tangerines.
Cooking Method:
- In this embodiment, slicing fruits will not take much time.
- Wash and peel bananas thoroughly. Excess white marks are also best removed. Cut the flesh in half and cut into small half rings. Put on a plate in the form of a palm trunk.
- Wash the kiwi and gently peel them. First cut in half, then cut each half into three parts and put on a plate in the form of palm leaves.
- Wash tangerines, peel and divide into slices. Put slices below in the form of a small outlandish island.
Dolphin
Sometimes it’s very difficult to get children to eat healthy foods. An interesting slicing of a fruit in the form of a dolphin will help make a child eat a banana.
To be precise, this is not even a cut, but rather a way of filing.
In order to make a dolphin, you will need:
- Wash the banana. Turn it over with a tail and round off a little with a knife. So that you get a dolphin nose.
- Draw with a felt-tip pen a mouth and eyes of a dolphin.
- In the middle, carefully mark the fins with a felt-tip pen. Cut them on the skin of a banana, trying not to touch the flesh.
- On the reverse side, cut a banana in half (about two centimeters), carefully remove a small part of the pulp, and turn the skin in two directions to make a tail.
Any child will like this serving and he will gladly eat a banana dolphin.
Apple owl
In order to make such simple fruit slices, very little fruit is needed.
Ingredients:
- two green apples (one more);
- mandarin slice;
- sweet stick;
- cream to create an eyelet owl.
Recipe:
- Wash green apples gently, so as not to damage the skin, wipe dry.
- Cut apples in half. Put half of the big apple on a plate, place a smaller half on top. It is better to take out the seeds and core of the apple.
- Slice a mandarin in half, then again in half, lay in the form of legs of an owlet. Cut another small triangular piece of mandarin.
- Make owl eyes from the cream.
- Cut the remaining half of a large apple into slices and lay on top of each other in several layers with a fan in the form of owl wings.
- Cut the triangular ears of an owl from a small half of an apple.
An owl can be planted on a stick-branch made of sweet straw.
Watermelon flowers
Slicing fruit on the table can look very impressive. Watermelons of flowers can decorate any holiday, even a wedding table. It will be easiest to cut flowers on a watermelon to those who are familiar with wood carvings. But others can learn this technology. The main thing is a little patience and perseverance. And, of course, practice.
At the moment, the technique of cutting flowers from fruits has become a separate hobby called carving.
In order to cut a small flower, you will need to perform the following steps:
- Wash the watermelon thoroughly. Peel part of the watermelon. Cut in the middle of a circle. Inside, cut wave-like petals.
- Continue to cut small waves along the entire diameter of the circle. It should be a kind of rose.
- Around you can do the same thing. Get a magnificent bouquet of roses.
- The edges of the watermelon can be decorated as a basket, with cloves.
Good luck!