Best Freaky Fruit Platter Recipes

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FRESH FRUIT PLATTER



Fresh Fruit Platter image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     appetizer

Time 15m

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 small ripe melons
1 "golden" pineapple
2 bunches grapes
1 pint fresh figs
1 pint raspberries
1 pint strawberries
1 pint blueberries
1 red papaya

Steps:

  • I like to begin the platter with a base of ripe, colorful, sliced melons and pineapple--for example, cantaloupe, honeydew, Galia, or Cavaillon melons, plus the new "golden" pineapples. Peel the outside of a whole melon, cut it in half through the stem end, and scoop out the seeds. Place the melon halves cut side down on a board, and slice them straight across into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Fan each half-melon out slightly and arrange it on the platter. Next, cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple, peel the outside, and use a sharp knife to remove the "eyes." Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise and remove the core by cutting a "V" down the center of each half. Again, place the pineapple halves, cut side down, on a board and slice them straight across into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Fan the slices out and arrange them next to the melon on the platter.
  • Once the base is set, you can add any kind of fruit that's available. I like to have one thing that is taller than the rest, such as a large bunch of grapes or a decoratively cut papaya, to give the platter height. Then I add raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and fresh figs in casual but organized groups. The platter can look like a bowl of M&M's if there are too many colors scattered with no order. Visually, your eye needs to have a focal point and to be able to see each type of fruit. After all the fruit is arranged, I add flat green leaves around the outside of the fruit, to set off the colors. Use lemon and galax leaves from your florist, or fig leaves and grape leaves from your garden. Make sure they are pesticide-free and well washed.
  • Any kind of fruit will work well on this platter. For special occasions, add persimmons, kiwi, passion fruit, Queen Anne cherries, fresh apricots, and mangos. Choose whatever is colorful and seasonal.

FRUIT PLATTER



Fruit Platter image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     appetizer

Time 10m

Yield 4 to 5 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Fig leaves
Golden pineapple, peeled, cut in 8ths lengthwise, core removed and sliced crosswise
Cantaloupe, peeled, cut in half and sliced
Fresh blueberries
Fresh strawberries
Fresh raspberries

Steps:

  • Arrange the fig leaves on a platter. Place the pineapple and cantaloupe on top of the fig leaves, and artfully arrange the blueberries, strawberries and raspberries over the top of the pineapple and cantaloupe.

SUMMER FRUIT PLATTER



Summer Fruit Platter image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 30m

Yield 1 platter

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

  • Give your fruit platter a makeover! Start with some crowd-pleasers like berries, pineapple and kiwi, then add a few exotic choices to the mix -- speckled dragon fruit, star fruit, macadamia nuts, edible flowers -- and arrange everything on the plate in free-flowing sections as we did here. To cut mango in this "hedgehog" pattern, slice off the sides lengthwise (going right next to the pit), then score a crosshatch pattern into the flesh without cutting into the skin. Lightly push on the skin side so the chunks pop out.

FRESH FRUIT PLATTER



Fresh Fruit Platter image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     dessert

Time 25m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

5 fig leaves
1 honeydew melon, peeled cut in half and sliced
1 cantaloupe melon, peeled cut in half and sliced
1 golden pineapple, peeled, cut in quarters lengthwise, core removed and sliced crosswise
Sprigs of fresh mint
10 fresh figs, halved
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 pint fresh blueberries

Steps:

  • Arrange the fig leaves on a rectangular platter. Artfully arrange the melons and pineapple and place the mint between them. Groups the figs, raspberries and blueberries around the melons and pineapple and serve.

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