The simplest fruit platter

What are some of the simplest fruit platters? Nowadays, material wealth has been abundant and people's living standards have improved significantly. People are no longer satisfied with just eating, but also want the food to look good. People have a better appetite for good-looking food. Many people will also put fruit platters together when eating fruits. This is not only beautiful, but also looks more upscale. However, there are also some requirements for the platter. So how can you make the fruit platter look better? Let’s take a look.

Fruit platter category: beauty and skin care recipes, summer health recipes, youth recipes, weight loss recipes Process: Other Flavors: Sweet Serving: Chinese food | dinner | snacks Main ingredients: Apple 200.0 grams Orange 250.0 grams Watermelon 3000.0 grams Strawberry 600.0 grams Accessories: Cherry 5.0 grams

Cooking method:

1. Take a white waist plate, wash 500g strawberries, 250g sweet oranges, 100g apples, and 5g cherries with sand-filtered water;

2. Cut the orange in half and place them upright on a plate to form a longevity peach shape;

3. Cut off 1/4 of the apple and set aside. Use two oblique cutters to cross the top, left and right sides of the apple to make the swan's body and wings. The cut 1/4 is carved into the swan's head.

4. Use red cherries to carve into the swan's eyes;

5. Place the decorated swan at the end of the longevity peach;

6. Place a strawberry in the middle of the orange to create the “Swan Looking Back” dish;

7. Wash 100g strawberries and 100g apples;

8. Remove the stems of the poisonous grass;

9. Peel the apples and use a melon baller to scoop them into balls

10. Carve half a watermelon weighing about 1000 grams into a hollow base and place it on a plate;

11. Use a carving knife to carve out the upper half of the flower basket on the top 1/3 of another watermelon weighing about 2,000 grams. Use the hollow carving method to carve out the pattern around the remaining 2/3. Then immerse it in sand-filtered water to make the carved pattern vivid.

12. Use a baller to scoop out the watermelon balls and put them together with the strawberry and apple balls into the iced sugar water. Then put them into the carved watermelon flower basket to make the traditional fruit platter "fruit flower basket".

Fruit platter tips:

1. Material selection

Choose fruits based on their color, shape, taste, nutritional value, and appearance perfection. The selected fruits should be combined in a harmonious manner. The most important point is that the fruit itself should be ripe, fresh and hygienic. At the same time, please note that the fruits used in making the platter should not be too ripe, otherwise it will affect processing and placement.

2. Conception

The purpose of making a fruit platter is to artistically combine simple individual fruits into a whole through shape, color and other aspects, winning with color and beauty, thereby stimulating the guests' senses and increasing their appetite. Although a fruit platter is not as complicated as cold dishes and food carvings, it cannot be dealt with casually. Before making it, the theme of the banquet should be fully considered and it should be further named.

3. Color Matching

Most people eat fruit as after-meal food, that is, people think of eating fruit after they have eaten and drunk enough. At this time, most people have little appetite, which poses a difficult problem for us when designing a fruit platter: What kind of color, fragrance, taste, shape and utensils can re-stimulate people's appetite? The color, aroma and taste of fruit are something we cannot change. If we change them, they may lose their original meaning. But we can use our imagination to artistically combine fruits of various colors into a whole, and use bright colors to once again arouse people's desire for food. There are generally three types of fruit color combinations: "contrasting colors", "similar colors" and "multi-colors". Red and green, black and white are standard contrasting color combinations; red, yellow and orange can be considered similar color combinations; red, green, purple, black and white can be considered rich multi-color combinations.

4. Artistic modeling and vessel selection

The shape of the entire plate is further determined by the color and shape of the selected fruit. The shape of the entire plate of fruit needs to be assisted by utensils. Different artistic shapes require the selection of utensils of different shapes and specifications. For example, if the fruit is long in shape, you cannot use a round plate to hold it. In addition, the fruit lace decoration on the edge of the plate should also be considered, which should also conform to the overall beauty and set off the main shape.

1. Common knife techniques for platter:

It is much easier to use a knife to make a fruit platter than to carve it. Generally, Western French kitchen knives (France) and Boning knives are sufficient. Here are some common fruit platters:

Knife skills:

1. Peeling: Use a knife to peel off the outer skin of the raw material, generally referring to the inedible part. Most fruits do not need to be peeled if the skin is edible after washing. Some fruits will quickly turn brown or red when exposed to the air after being peeled. Therefore, they should be quickly immersed in lemon water after peeling to protect the color.

2. Serrated knife: Use a cutting knife to cut the raw material straightly, and then cut it diagonally. The directions of the two pairs of blades form an angle, and the blades intersect in pairs, so that the parts where the blades intersect are separated and become serrated.

3. Vertical cutting: Cut in the same direction as the natural grain of the raw material. Can be cut into cubes and slices.

4. Oblique knife: Cut in a direction where the blade forms an angle with the natural grain of the raw material. Can be cut into pieces and sliced.

5. Peel: Use a knife to peel the inedible parts, such as tangerines and oranges.