How beautifully cut kiwi and serve?
Very often, fruits serve as decoration for the table. Bright, juicy and beautiful, they cheer up and cause appetite. From any fruit you can do something interesting. Many, for example, are interested in how beautifully cut kiwi and serve it on the table.
Slicing Features
Despite the fact that the fleecy peel of kiwi contains a large amount of vitamins and can be eaten, many still prefer to get rid of it.
Anyway before you cut the kiwi beautifully, it must be thoroughly washed, and even if the skin is then cut off. When removing the skin, you need to act very carefully so that the cut kiwi does not lose a lot of juice and has an attractive appearance.
You can peel the skin with a very sharp thin knife, trying to cut off the skin layer so that it is thin. The principle is the same as when peeling potatoes. Another option is to use a spoon. To do this, we cut the fruit from both sides, carefully put the spoon into the pulp and move carefully in a circle, closer to the peel. As a result, it will be possible to extract the whole fruit.
Features of further cutting will depend on various factors:
- whether we are preparing a fruit decoration;
- we are going to combine with other components;
- do we need to cut out a specific detail for the overall picture;
- create a three-dimensional element;
- just cut for salad or dessert;
- decorate a cake or pastries.
Depending on the goal pursued and the general idea, you should choose the right method.
Simple Ways
The easiest way to cut kiwi is with ordinary circles. By itself, a beautiful fruit and so it looks quite appetizing and bright. But this is not the only option. It is worth slightly changing the inclination of the knife when cutting, as the circles turn into ovals. It is easy to cut the fruit in the form of halves of circles. To do this, it is cut lengthwise into two identical parts, and then each part is cut with a sharp knife. Can be cut lengthwise. In addition, it can be cubes or straws. There is an option to serve kiwi on the table simply cut into halves or into four parts.
By cutting kiwi in different ways (slices, circles, and so on), you can create a composition on a large dish even from one type of fruit.
If kiwi is involved in the overall composition, then it can simply be cut into circles, like other fruits (oranges, pears, apples, bananas). Such a variety will make the table bright and attractive. Kiwi circles will look beautiful with slices of tangerine, melon, as well as strawberries or raspberries. For children, you can create some simple composition. For example, a little man may appear on the plate, whose head and body will be made of kiwi circles, or a machine where kiwi wheels will be needed.
It will not be difficult to build boats with sails from kiwi. To do this, the fruit must be cut into two halves, stuck in the middle of the toothpicks, on which thin slices of lemon are pricked.
For fruit salads in glass goblets or bowls, kiwi and other ingredients are cut into cubes.
To make kiwi sliced in ordinary circles look more interesting and get additional shades of taste, you can sprinkle them with grated nuts, coconut, powdered sugar, pour over chocolate.
However, this should not be done all at once, but for one dish, choose a specific ingredient.
original variants
If you want to please your loved ones and guests, you can come up with original options. For example, sliced kiwi slices can be placed not on a plate, but on glasses. Slightly unripe fruits are suitable for this. They are carefully strung on glasses, you can add oranges to the composition. From the side it will look like a flower. Inside the glasses can be diced fruit or a cocktail.
You can make a rose from kiwi. To do this, you need to take the fruit and make cuts at an angle in different directions, resulting in triangles. The cuts need to be made deeper so that later the two halves can easily detach from each other. These will be the elements of the petals. And in order for them to be elegant and thin, cuts must be made along with the peel. Then the peel is carefully separated from the fruit. With these petal elements, the rosette is laid out.
There is an option in which you need to cut part of the fruit across into circles, and the other part - lengthwise in the form of elongated slices, and then put them on a saucer in such a way that you get a composition that resembles a flower. Circles are placed in the middle, and slices serve as a frame. Other fruits can be added if desired.
Besides, kiwi slices can participate in the creation of a large fruit boat. It's delicious and beautiful. To do this, the pineapple is cut into two parts. The center is taken out of it, which must also be cut into pieces. At the same time, kiwi must be cut into squares: the peeled kiwi is placed on a board and cut along with a sharp knife, and then across. These squares are sent to the boat. Other fruits can also be placed there.
By the way, the same kiwi can be cut into circles if desired.
As an example, consider the original options that may come in handy when decorating a festive table.
- In the New Year, the following cut will be relevant. Kiwi Christmas trees will decorate the festive table.
- Two types of kiwi slices are well combined - in circles and in the form of flowers. The composition is complemented by tangerines and oranges.
- It will be easy to create palm trees. To do this, cut the kiwi into slices, supplementing them with tangerine and banana.
- And if you lay the kiwi in this way, you get a turtle. You will need many circles and several pieces of kiwi for the legs and head. Mugs are laid out in a slide.
- It is easy to recreate the heart, where kiwis are cut into ordinary circles and supplemented with an orange.
- It is fashionable to make such a beautiful flower using both the fruit itself and its peel.
Any of these examples can be repeated by any hostess. Practice shows that kiwi looks good both alone and in tandem with other fruits, and with any. The main thing is to buy high-quality fruits and cut them beautifully.
Recommendations
If you are going to use kiwi in table decoration or creating dishes, you need to consider some important points.
- First of all, you need to buy a good fruit. It should be smooth, without dents or other damage.
- It is worth deciding in advance whether these will be complex elements or ordinary cutting. It is always more pleasant to eat a ripe sweet fruit, since the unripe one has the greatest sourness and astringency. But ripe kiwi is only good for simple slicing. To create more complex elements, a denser fruit is required.
- A ripe kiwi can give juice quickly, like other fruits adjacent to it. Therefore, fruit cutting should be done immediately before use.
- If you already had to do everything a few hours before the festive event, you need to put the fruit in the refrigerator, and cover it with cling film on top so that they do not absorb extraneous odors.
- If you decide to sprinkle kiwi with different ingredients, such as powdered sugar or grated chocolate, this should be done last, just before serving.
- To make kiwi look advantageous on the table, you need to serve it in beautiful plates. Better if they are white. This will emphasize the color scheme of the fruit. You can use bright colors of dishes, the main thing is that it looks harmonious.
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