A festive feast most often has a very strong effect on digestion, because heavy meat dishes, salads seasoned with mayonnaise predominate. To somehow unload the menu, you can add assorted fruits to the table.
Fruit platter is a beautiful and colorful addition to the festive table. It is especially suitable for wines, tea or coffee, and children will also like this addition to the menu. With a little imagination, a fruit plate can become a signature dish.
Almost all fruits are suitable for slicing, even canned ones. Some housewives combine serving fruits with cheeses or berries. It is not only convenient, saves space on the table, but also an incredibly beautiful and tasty combination.
In order for fruit slicing to really become a table decoration, it is necessary to choose a beautiful dish on which all the splendor can be placed. The plate can be monochromatic, fancy shape, with an unusual pattern, as long as it is flat.
Several types of fruit can be placed on one plate at once: sliced oranges, kiwi, bananas. In the middle of such delicious splendor, you can put a handful of red forest berries.
Sprinkle the fruit slices with icing sugar for an extra decoration.
It is most convenient to cut citrus fruits in circles, except for tangerines, kiwi, bananas, apples and pears. It is enough to prepare a sharp knife and a comfortable cutting board. You can lay out fruits in circles on a plate, in a stack or in small columns.
Fruit kebabs are very popular on the festive table. To prepare them, you need to stock up on wooden skewers, on which you will need to string fruit pieces. The best choices for slicing are apples, pears, fresh or canned pineapples, melon and watermelon. You don't even need to cut the grapes for barbecue.
According to the principle of fruit kebabs, hedgehogs can be prepared, the basis of which can be a pear. It is necessary to stick skewers with strung grapes, bananas, berries into it. A hedgehog's nose can be blueberries, currants. Such a work is especially suitable for a children's holiday, fruit animals will be a wonderful decoration for a festive table.
Fruit skewers can also be stuck in half a pineapple. This is a very bright and juicy combination, in addition, you can immediately make several options for fruit kebabs and put pineapples in different parts of the festive table.
Unfortunately, it is not always possible to find a suitable plate for serving fruit, but even without one, you can do just fine and set the table. For example, a half of a watermelon or melon can serve as a kind of vase for fruit slicing. It is only necessary to first remove the pulp, which is also suitable for the filling.
If fruits are placed in such a dish, they must first be cut into slices or squares. It turns out a fruit salad, to which you can serve yogurt, ice cream or cream.
Fruit filling can also be placed in halves of grapefruits or large oranges. This way of serving is not only beautiful, but also allows each guest to serve dessert in portions. Thus, you can take into account the taste preferences of each guest, place your favorite fruits and berries in a citrus bowl.
If the fruit plate is already tired, tartlets can perfectly replace it. For the filling, you need to cut all the fruits into small pieces and lay them out beautifully. Tartlets are sold in almost any store, they are made from shortcrust pastry, which perfectly emphasizes the freshness of the fruit. In addition, the preparation of such a dessert will not take much time.
