A fruit plate is present on almost any holiday table and sometimes even is its main decoration. Any housewife is able to cook such a dish on her own. To do this, you need only a little imagination and tools with which you can translate it into reality.

What tools will be needed to decorate a fruit plate

Typically, fruit slices are served as a cold starter or a dessert. To make the dish look spectacular on the table, you need to properly arrange it. Fruits should not only be cut, but also beautifully laid on a plate. Often the fruits are chopped into slices, circles or cubes. Sometimes even original figures are cut out of them.

You can cope with this task by having the following tools available:

  1. A sharp, wide-blade kitchen knife. With its help, any fruits can be arbitrarily divided into parts.
  2. The fixture (clamp) for cutting circles. These are tongs, on the ends of which nozzles are located in the form of a comb. The fetus is fixed between them, and the hostess can only cut, placing the knife in the slot between the oncoming teeth. The circles are smooth and neat.
  3. Knife with a wave-like blade. Cutting any products with it, you can get workpieces with an original corrugated surface.
  4. Multifunctional grater. Changing the nozzles, you can cut any fruit into the finest slices and even give them an unusual shape. Such devices are now easy to purchase in the store.
  5. Cookie cutters.With their help, pieces of pulp can be turned into various figures in one motion. Cutting elements are usually made of plastic or stainless steel.
  6. Slicer for bananas. It is a plastic device in the form of the fetus itself, on which there are slots. You just need to put a knife on the peeled pulp and lightly press on it. You can do this right on the plate, because the plastic slicer will never scratch it.
  7. Knife for berries. They are good at chopping, for example, soft strawberries. This appliance is somewhat reminiscent of a garlic maker. The fruit should be put in the compartment and slowly push. Passing through the cracks, the berry is carefully cut into even pieces.

 

Whole compositions can be made from a regular fruit plate. To do this, you need to master the art of “carving”. Translated, the word itself means “cut out”. For the work of the master, as a rule, they use special tools: knives, chisels and various notches. With their help, various ornaments and all kinds of figures are cut out from whole fruits.

Fruit plate for a children's holiday: ideas

In order to properly arrange a festive table, it is necessary to take into account the target audience for which it is intended. For example, at a children's party, fruit dishes are often present. They not only enliven the triumph with their appearance, but also make it more useful. However fruit plate for children should be not only beautiful and mouth-watering, but also interesting.

Two important rules to consider here:

  1. Children should not smear their hands. For this, it is desirable to supplement the dish with skewers or special sticks. Alternatively, pieces of fruit can be put in waffle cups or flour baskets.
  2. You should not create too complex compositions.

 

For a children's feast, you can offer several fairly simple options:

  1. "Palm on the island." To make a tree trunk from banana pulp cut into pieces. Lay kiwi slices in a circle on top. It will be a crown. At the bottom, place a few slices of mandarin that mimic the island. And from the pulp of pineapple, you can cut out the sun in the form of an asterisk.
  2. "The Rose". The petals of the flower itself are circles of oranges or tangerines stacked in layers.
  3. "Firebird". Make a body out of a banana peel, carefully trimming the ends so that they look like feathers. Put the "figure" at the edge of the plate. On top of the peel, alternately lay circles of kiwi and banana, and then whole berries of strawberries. It will be a tail.
  4. Simple assorted. Along the perimeter of the plate, lay slices of apples, oranges, grapefruits and slices of bananas in even rows. Place the crush in the center, having previously cut it across into circles. Pour grapes nearby.

There are many options for such a dish. It all depends on the availability of source products and the level of mastery of the hostess.

Vitamin treats for adults

 

If the dish is designed for adults, then the hostess will have to show all her imagination.

To effectively decorate a fruit plate, you can use the following compositions:

  1. Lay two rows of semicircles of oranges towards each other. They will occupy a third of the plate. In the middle put a few kiwi flowers, cutting them out with a sharp knife. Around them lay peeled whole tangerines. Fill the remaining free space at the edges of the plate with kiwi slices. Garnish the dish with pomegranate seeds.
  2. Take a square dish. Cut watermelon and melon into circles, and then divide them into quarters. Cut oranges into half rings. Lay the crushed products in heaps at different angles. Pour pineapple slices in the center. In the remaining fourth corner, put whole strawberries. Complete the composition with small branches of grapes.
  3. Cut oranges and kiwi into slices. Put them on a plate in the form of a large and small heart. Pour fresh cherry berries into the middle.
  4. Cut grapefruits and oranges in half. Remove peel from halves without damaging it. Divide the pulp into slices and cut them into small pieces. Put baskets of peel on a plate. Pour chopped pulp into them. Next to put small forks.

Any of these options will look great on the table and will bring great pleasure to guests.

Fruit canapes on skewers

For both children and adults, fruit slices are best prepared on skewers. In this form, the dish is very convenient to eat. Hands always stay clean. Such a fruit plate is ideal for a buffet table, and a romantic dinner with it will become more refined and unforgettable. In fact, canapes on skewers are mini-sandwiches in which all components are firmly interconnected. They can only be put on a plate and enjoy their work. To make the dish look neat, it is better to take the ingredients of the same size and shape. Such a structure can be made using a special (or conventional medical) syringe.

To do this:

  1. Cut the flesh of the starting products into circles.
  2. Fold the blanks one at a time in a stack.
  3. Install the syringe on top and press the piston.
  4. Fasten the resulting pieces with a skewer.

If there is no such device, then the products can simply be cut manually by pieces of any size.

For the simplest version of fruit canapes, you can take:

  • canned pineapples;
  • grapes;
  • apples
  • Strawberries
  • kiwi;
  • blueberries.

 

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Peel the apples and remove the seeds along with the core. Cut the remaining pulp first into slices, and then into small pieces.
  2. Pineapples crumble randomly.
  3. You do not need to chop the berries.
  4. Cut the peel from the kiwi fruit and chop the flesh quickly.
  5. Workpieces string on skewers in the following order: grapes, blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, apple, strawberries.
  6. Put the canapes in a fan on a plate.

The result is an original rainbow of juicy and aromatic fruits. Using other components, you can prepare your own version of a spectacular rainbow.

How to serve the dish

To produce the desired effect, fruit slicing must be not only beautifully designed, but also served correctly. Firstly, it concerns the method of slicing products.

 

Each type of fruit has its own nuances:

  1. Citruses are cut, as a rule, in circles or spread in slices, while peeling.
  2. Pears and apples in the air quickly darken, so you need to cut them immediately before serving.
  3. Melons (melon and watermelon) are usually cut into portions into thin pieces (halves or quarters).
  4. Mango and kiwi are first peeled and then cut the flesh into thin plates.
  5. Apricots and small plums are put on a plate as a whole.
  6. Grapes must be served as a whole bunch or divided into small twigs.
  7. It is advisable to take strawberries with ponytails.
  8. Bones from cherries and cherries do not need to be removed.

Secondly, for a more effective serving, you can pour the finished slices with sweet sauce, honey or syrup, as well as sprinkle with powdered sugar, coconut flakes or cinnamon. Alternatively, such compositions are sometimes supplemented with nuts, mint leaves or candied fruit.

Life hacks how to cut fruit beautifully

In practice, every housewife prefers to cut certain fruits in their own way. But there are certain subtleties that will help her do it quickly and correctly. Life hacks make work more productive and save time. This is a slang word. It translates as “useful advice” or “folk wisdom”.

To design a fruit plate, there are several of the most popular life hacks:

  1. Slicing apples. First, the fruit must be cut in half. Put the halves on the table with the cut down. Use a sharp knife to make two oncoming cuts (lay the resulting slice aside). Continue making cuts at the same angle at a distance of several millimeters. The result is a stack of V-shaped lobules, which can be effectively moved slightly to the side. The same thing is sometimes done with unpeeled orange.
  2. "Rosette" of kiwi. To clear a fruit of a shaggy skin. Cut the strips of flesh with a sharp knife around the circumference (to the seeds), as much as possible. Roll the first piece into a tube.Wrap it with the rest of the strips, placing them towards each other.
  3. Hedgehog made from pears. Peel part of the pear (from the tail) with a knife. Cut a small piece from below so that the fruit can stand without falling. On the cleaned part, strengthen three small berries (or clove buds). It will be eyes and nose. Strap berries of grapes on toothpicks. Stick them in a pear in the part where the peel is still left. It will turn out a cute and very funny hedgehog, which will be a real decoration of any fruit plate.

There are many such examples. But each housewife can come up with her own original version, thanks to which the dish prepared by her will become simply unique.

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