Fresh Fruit Tray For Special Occasions
A fresh fruit tray is guaranteed to sparkle as the centerpiece of any gathering. Follow our instructions to really dress it up for a special occasion.
Ingredients
Prep time: 1 hr.
Fruit used for this:
- 2 large watermelon
- 6 pineapples
- 3 large muskmelon
- 3 large cantelope
- 5 large oranges
- 3# red grapes
- 3# green grapes
- 10 kiwi
- 3 large pink grapefruit
- 10 lbs. fresh strawberries
- 2 pt. blackberries
- 2 pt. blueberries
- 2 pt. raspberries
- 6 green limes
Directions
This wonderful 4 feet by 2 feet fruit tray (board) is prepared using a paring knife, and a 9″chef knife.
- Simply cut around the top half of a large watermelon, pausing when reaching toward the middle.
- Leave about two inches width, then cut a strip for the “basket handle”.
- Then with the paring knife, cut up and down zig zag pattern around the top edge as in picture.
- Scoop out fruit and cut in square pieces.
- Cut all melons and place in large deep plastic hotel pans.
- Cut rest of fruit as shown and colorfully arrange fruits on foil covered fruit board.
