Fruit Bouquets With Professional-like Quality Made At Home – Is It Possible?
Move aside your old fruit baskets as the fruit bouquet is now here. It highlights the color and different fruits and mixes them for a visual treat and it is also good for the taste buds and health. They are usually available at stores and are commonly created by professional makers. They usually come with a hefty price tag when bought outside, but it is possible to make your own at home. They can be used as a pleasing and edible decoration and finger food at any party.
They can be included in party menus or in just about anything to spice things up. The first thing you need to do is to prepare the ingredients needed to make the fruit bouquet. You need fresh fruits like whole pineapples, cantaloupes, melon and strawberries. You also need a bunch or two of red and green grapes. Bamboo skewers, cutting board, cookie cutters, knives, peeler, melon baller, a vase or pail and florists foam will also be used.
First off, you need to clean the vase or pail you are going to use. Put the florists foam into the bottom of the container. The amount of foam to be used should be enough to support the entire bouquet, but should not be seen over the rim. Prepare the fruits to be used by rinsing them first. Peel off the skin of the fruits as necessary and remove seeds and inedible parts.
Cut the pineapple in a horizontal manner with a thickness of one inch per slice. Any rind must be removed from the slices. Then produce the wanted shapes by pressing a cookie cutter onto the slices. It is entirely up to you which shapes will be used in the fruit bouquet.
The melons and cantaloupes should be cut in half. Using a melon baller to make balls out of the fleshy parts of the fruit will do the trick. Next, get a bamboo skewer and arrange the different fruit pieces together on the stick. Use your creativity to mix and match.
Top off each skewer with a strawberry or pineapple. Make sure that the fruit pieces are closely arranged so that the bamboo skewer will be hidden. After all the fruit pieces are used, press the bottom end of each skewer into the florists foam. Add in the parsley or mint leaves to cover the florists foam. Be sure to display and eat the fruit bouquet within 48 hours for maximum freshness.
Paul Jones has been in the field of fruit bouquets for a long time and maintains a website about fruit platters where you can get answers to the rest of your questions.
