Making fruit cuts. Rules. A photo

No banquet, family feast, children's holiday can not do without fruit. And they lie washed and ruddy in a dish the whole evening. After all, no one will undertake to chew a whole apple or peel an orange - it's uncomfortable, takes away a lot of precious festive time, spoils make-up, manicure, leaves stains on the shirt and a lot more ...

Even if you break up, brush, cut and just fold the sliced fruit into a plate, they probably will not attract much attention. Moreover, without proper treatment, they will quickly die, wither, darken, and then, be sure, no one will touch them. What awaits them? Bin? Compote? But fruit is not cheap now ...

Save the products, money and mood will help bright, beautiful and correct decoration of fruit cuts!

Fruit slicing

Or a fruit plate, and also called fruit assortment. If you give vent to fantasy, come up with and implement some story, then even without special skills of decorative cutting your dish with light and such useful fruit can become a "nail" of the table and even replace the cake!

The beautiful design of fruit cutting depends mainly on the idea. The plate can be absolutely abstract, fantasy or thematic. That is, on the 8th of March you can make a bouquet of fruits, on the New Year - a Christmas tree, and on the birthday of a child - a boat or cubs. Here everything is very individual.

But in any case, the design of fruit cuts requires compliance with certain rules.

How to handle fruits

Let's list some rules, recommendations, observing and applying which, you will manage to save fruits, their attractive appearance and make a dish that will enjoy the overwhelming success of the guests.

Fruiting begins with the purchase of fruit. This is the very first and most important stage. Choose beautiful, healthy, ripe fruits and berries. If the festival will be in a day or two, then you need to buy slightly unripe fruit. Carefully inspect each fruit for its shape, the integrity of the peel and the presence of spots on it - everything should be perfect. This is like selecting to the guard at the Mausoleum, because your fruits have to stand on the table for several hours and not lose their "face"! Find worthy!

Making fruit cuts should be the most recent action. When everything is ready, even a table is laid and bread is cut. When a drop of spirits has already fallen on your wrist, and the guests are about to leave, leave twenty-thirty minutes and get busy with the fruit. In contact with the air, the fruit pulp begins to darken quickly, so we prepare the cutting last, so as to preserve the "commodity" type of dish as long as possible. To fix the situation and extend the life of the fruit will help lemon juice, getting to the surface, it holds back the oxidation process. When everything is decorated, you need to sprinkle fruit with lemon juice.

In order to cut the fruit thinly and delicately, you will need a very sharp knife, this should be taken care of beforehand. If the dish is large or you plan a few fruit plates, you will need a few sharp knives to save time on sharpening. Despite the apparent fragility, the fruit peel very quickly blades the blade.

Remember to pre-treat berries and fruits, it should be very thorough so as not to spoil you and your guests mood and health.

It is better not to cut all the fruits at once. Put one or two small plates with assorted, as you empty, you will supplement them with fresh fruits.

Here are the basic rules, careful execution of which will require you to design fruit cuts.

How to cut fruit

Methods and forms for slicing fruit mass. The main rule - besides beauty, convenience of consumption. That is, a piece of slicing should be such that it can simply be taken and sent to the mouth. In this case, a person should not look ridiculous or ridiculous (with a mouth full and a trickle of juice draining from it). This is an ideal option.

The shape of the cutting determines the density of the pulp. The harder it is, the clearer and more rigid form it will be able to hold. For example, cut cubes, small blocks, flowers, leaves, you can apple, pineapple, hard varieties of pears, etc. With an orange, this number does not work.

Citrus (and other "soft" fruits) are often cut in slices, slices or "dismantled" on the lobules in a purified form.

If you are in a rage, and your art requires deeper skills and knowledge, then you can use various devices for cutting, graters, shredding fruits. This process is called carving. Tools for it can be found in the ware shops. With the help of them you will be able to create real masterpieces. And the design of fruit cuts can be a wonderful hobby or a new profession.

Filling from fruit. A photo

For fruit on the table to look appetizing and effective, you need a little time, a lot of desire and imagination. Look at the various examples, take inspiration from them.

For example, we suggest you try to make such an effective herringbone. Take a large strong carrot for the trunk, wash, clean and use a knife to level (cut a little) the widest part. So that carrots can be put on a plate. Then take the toothpicks and stick into the carrots from all sides (the more toothpicks, the furry the Christmas tree). On them, strips of fruit and berries. Cut out the star with a knife or with a shape. For more similarity to the herringbone, make the upper "branches" shorter, and the pieces of fruit on them are smaller, gradually increasing them downwards.

Fruit slicing for children. A photo

The abundance of sweets translated fruit for modern children to a very low level. But from the fruits and berries prepared in such an ingenious way, not a single karapuz will give up! So, we begin to conjure ...

Here are such wonderful magic wands from watermelon and pineapple can be made, having only two forms for cutting - stars of different sizes.

Using molds, cut out the stars from the pulp of watermelon and pineapple. As much as you want to make a wand.

Insert one star into the other, combining colors. You can attract your child to this fascinating process. Then put the stars on bright sticks or tubes for cocktails, which can be pre-decorated with berries. Everything - a small miracle for your table is ready!