Simple & Delicious
May/June 2009 issue
Page:7
Spruce up any summer activity or party with a surprisingly easy fruit platter that's as good to look at as it is to eat! In about 30 minutes, you can make this centerpiece that'll wow guests so much, they'll all be asking for your secrets! Simple & Delicious Test Kitchen
SERVINGS: 8
CATEGORY: Salads
METHOD:
TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
Ingredients:
Fresh parsley sprigs
Fresh strawberries
Sliced fresh honeydew melon, pineapple and kiwi
Seedless red grapes, halved
ANTS:
Seedless red grapes
Pretzel sticks
Dried currants
GARNISHES:
Orange slices
Orange peel strips
Directions:
Line a large serving platter with parsley. With a small sharp knife, cut a strawberry vertically toward the cap. Repeat, cutting to form petals resembling a rose. Repeat with remaining berries.
Using cookie cutters, cut honeydew, pineapple and kiwi into desired shapes. Decorate with grape halves as desired.
For ants, skewer three grapes with a pretzel stick. With a small sharp knife, cut two small holes in a grape for eyes; insert currants. Arrange three pretzel sticks on the platter for legs; top with an ant body. Repeat as desired.
Decorate platter with berry roses, fruit cutouts, ants, orange slices and peel. Yield: 1 fruit flower garden.
Beth Layman :)
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