Best Tropical Fruit Tray Recipes

SUMMER FRUIT PLATTER

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.

TROPICAL FRUIT PLATTER

Steps:

• Lop green top off pineapple and place on a cutting board. Slice covering off in strips from the top down. Remove hard pineapple core with a fruit corer or simply by slicing ripe part away from the core. Cut pineapple into wedges. Remove seeds from cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew and cut ripe part of melon into half moon shapes, or into spheres with a "melon baller," or into any shape you like. Arrange fruit on a platter and garnish with whole strawberries. Can be served with fruit dipping sauce such as yogurt or honey based dressing.

TROPICAL FRUIT PLATTER WITH CREAMY HONEY YOGURT DIP

Steps:

• Arrange fruit on a serving platter and refrigerate while making dip.
• Dip: In a blender or a food processor combine ingredients for dip: yogurt, cream cheese, honey cinnamon, lemon juice, and lemon rind.
• Blend until smooth.
• Place dip in small serving bowl and arrange fruit around it on platter.

TROPICAL FRUIT TRAY

Steps:

• Arrange fruits on a platter and sprinkle with fresh lime juice.