Earlier, in the distant perestroika times, the availability of fruit at the festival was already unexpected and incredibly beautiful. It was considered especially outlandish if the celebration took place somewhere in the middle zone of Russia or closer to the Arctic Circle. Today, to our great joy, it is possible to purchase gifts from sunny countries all year round in stores and markets. The exoticness of the fruit dish is limited only by the financial capabilities or personal preferences of those who will eat them at the table. This is no doubt great. But there is a need for an interesting presentation of bright fruit assortment.
Training is important
Here are some simple ways to decorate fruit beautifully while serving a holiday. Some will seem familiar: you met them at other gala dinners and lunches. And some options for cutting and design will be new. Thanks to the photo of beautifully decorated fruits, you can easily create such beauty at your own holiday. The main thing is to practice a little and study the subtleties of the presentation.
Beautifully spread out
This option, despite its triviality, continues to be popular. And when you don’t really want to bother with how to decorate fruits at home, they use accurate cutting and their beautiful layout. Sometimes, with this approach, the human mind and hands are able to work miracles. It turns out almost a work of art. Create circles, slices, slices from fruit platter. Shift it all with grapes. Do not hold back a riot of fantasy. The main thing - before decorating the fruit, sharpen the knife. This is necessary for a smooth and accurate cut. Torn pieces of fruit created by a blunt instrument will not contribute to the aesthetics of the dessert.
Color palette
One dish can be filled with orange fruits. The second let it become a haven for green or red. Plain fruit slicing looks pretty interesting. A rainbow of fruit segments of one color or another will create an additional joyful mood.
With berries and flowers
You can go further and decorate the fruit with any additional elements. Berries or flowers will be an excellent decor. It’s good to dilute fruit slices with peeled walnuts. Sprinkle the surface of the assorted fruit plates in this way with powdered sugar. Do not overdo it, a small amount is enough. Instead of powder, cocoa powder may be used. Grated chocolate or coconut flakes are great. Fresh mint leaves can be eaten, it will add a twist to the cut and, moreover, will play the role of fruit flower leaves.
Fruit basket
Before decorating fruits for this serving, you need to make sure of your own strengths. Such a composition will take some time. But without training, nowhere. The main thing is to create a basket of watermelon or sun melon. And then fill such an unusual container with slices of any fruit, berries, flowers.
Do not be afraid that you will not succeed in the watermelon (melon) basket. This cannot happen. You can cut an ordinary, not too carved basket. But the degree of its "painting" will depend on some factors. Including from how strong in you perseverance and patience. Well, some design talent will also not be superfluous.
Fragrant bouquet
How to decorate fruit when serving yet? Become a florist: create a real chic or simple, but cute bouquet of fruits and berries. Stock up on long thin skewers. A cute basket or flowerpot. String fruit on skewers. Do it using your own imagination or peek at an option from our article. And here it is allowed to dilute the abundance of fruit with floral tenderness. Just do not overdo it. Remember that a bouquet of fruits is created. Now place the skewers in a container designed to become a vase for your fruit flowers during the holiday feast. Take a sharp look at the whole composition. Make sure everything looks great and start the celebration.
How to decorate fruit with chocolate
They are individual in themselves or as an addition to the above bouquet of fruits. It is customary to decorate orange slices, banana slices and other juicy gifts of the sun with melted chocolate.
We melt a bar of your favorite chocolate in the microwave or in a water bath and, creating a fruit flower on a skewer, dip it in liquid chocolate. We take out and expect it to solidify completely. The surface of an impromptu fruit-chocolate flower can be decorated with a spider web of fused white chocolate.
Would you like white flowers? There is nothing easier. Perform the steps described above, but instead of dark chocolate, take white. And make a spider web out of the dark. Such decorated fruit for a child’s birthday or any other special occasion will disperse from the table in no time.
By the way, the option with a fruity bouquet in chocolate is a good idea to complement a gift for a loved one.
Fruit canapes and kebabs
Portion snacks are good. They are convenient to take from the table. And if it’s canapes or small fruit kebabs, such a treat is more pleasant to double treat. You can serve allsorts on thin skewers for canapes (or kebabs). Cutting is arbitrary. You can even use curly notches. String fruit pieces on a skewer and lay or place on a plate. Add berries if you wish. Thus, the composition will only look more interesting. Do not be afraid of experiments with berries and fruits in this case.
For babies
Fruit slices for young children should also be beautiful. Choose seedless fruits. Children usually eat little. But to admire, for example, cute palm trees created from banana, orange (mandarin) and kiwi, without touching or trying the original composition, no one can. Thus, kids will receive not only a share of positive, delight and joy, but also vitamins.
In addition to palm trees, resourceful mothers create planes, animals, birds, flowers. You have probably come up with something and know what fruit slicing will be at the children's holiday of your beloved fidget.
Well, take from all the information the most suitable for your option presentation methods and feel free to introduce them into reality.
Important points in creating a fruit treat
In order not to be disappointed in your masterpieces of fruits, you need to remember some rules. Having completed them, you will be satisfied with yourself and will receive compliments for a long time.
- Only ripe specimens need to be selected for this purpose. In addition, they must be still strong. It will take several hours to be on the cutting table. All this time you need to look decent. Catch that face when the fruit is already ripe enough, but not overripe.
- All fruits must be washed.
- Use a sharp knife or use carving tools.
- Treat bananas, apples and other fruits darkening after slicing, with lemon juice. You need to do this as soon as possible until the flesh has darkened and spoiled the entire design. In addition, slicing apples, pears and bananas is best in the last place.
- Too juicy fruits can give a lot of liquid to the dish. Take measures to reduce it.
Now it will not be difficult for you to create a chic cut from beautifully designed fruits.