A bouquet of strawberries: rules and tips for making

It is very pleasant to receive flowers as a gift, but unoriginal, but a strawberry bouquet will surprise and be remembered for a long time. This gift is perfect for any occasion. It will emphasize the imagination, attentiveness, deep respect of the donor.

Strawberries are one of the most delicious and favorite berries. It was mentioned in their treatises by the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks several centuries before our era. The ancient Romans considered its fruits a symbol of love for their red color and heart-like shape. Since the restaurant business began to develop actively, there was a need for a beautiful fruit cut. This is how the art of carving appeared, and strawberry bouquets became one of its directions.

Strawberry bouquet has such positive aspects as:

• beautiful and bright;
• unusual;
• fragrant and pleasant to the taste;
• romantic;
• useful.

Making a strawberry bouquet yourself is not difficult at all. Children can be involved in the process, they will be interested. A masterpiece is born right before our eyes. To make the bouquet perfect, you need to responsibly prepare for work: find suitable strawberries, collect the necessary tools.

In addition to the usual knife, Thai is used to create fruit patterns. To base the bouquet, take a floral sponge, polystyrene foam, napkin or plastic dough.Wooden skewers and toothpicks are used as fasteners. The composition can be issued in gift paper.

The triumph or failure of the fruit bouquet will depend on the choice of strawberries. Fruits are selected dry low-juicy varieties, they must be dense, symmetrical, of the same size. Then the berries are washed and dried. Sometimes a bouquet requires green stalks, so you should not immediately tear them off.

Fruit bouquets can be stored for some time, knowing little tricks and observing the temperature regime, but it is better to give a fresh composition, which means that it should be made before being presented to the hero of the day or served on the table.

There are different ways to make fruit bouquets. They are presented in vases, baskets, boxes, decorated paper. Often, the methods of preparation of the composition also depend on the form of packaging. Strawberry bouquets are often decorated with various types of icing. Berries decorated with glossy sugar fudge, black or white chocolate look very appetizing. In the glaze, the fruits are stored longer, they will reach the addressee fresh. It is worth considering first recipes for making glaze.

• Chocolate glaze. A bar of any chocolate should be melted in a water bath, add 40 g of butter or a little milk. The presence of oil will give the glaze a shiny look, but it will take a little longer to set. Milk increases the viscosity of chocolate faster and makes it less caloric, which is also good.
• Colored glaze. For this type of fudge you will need white chocolate. Having melted the tile in a water bath, it should be divided into two parts.Into one half add milk diluted with red food coloring. The result is a beautiful pink frosting. The prepared berry is dipped in colored or white fudge. Top dessert can be decorated with any confectionery topping. Then the strawberries are placed in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden the glaze.
• Icing. This is a traditional type of fudge and is easy to make. Four st. spoons of water are thoroughly mixed with a glass of powdered sugar. Viscosity is adjusted by adding water or sugar. Then the mixture is heated on fire with constant stirring. The temperature of the glaze should be approximately +40 degrees. Sugar fudge can be made colorful and more appetizing if dyes and flavors are added to the composition.

You can make a strawberry composition with your own hands, you just need to follow the step-by-step instructions. To create a beautiful bouquet, you will need the following components:

• 20-25 pieces of ideal strawberries;
• 20-25 rosebuds, the size of strawberries;
• wooden skewers;
• plant branches;
• gift paper;
• decorative tape.

The following actions are carried out step by step:

• each berry should be carefully strung on a skewer to the middle;
• further, set the skewers with strawberries in a circle, forming a symmetrical bouquet;
• rosebuds are gradually introduced, and green twigs are set on top;
• when the composition is assembled, it should be securely fixed, decorated with decorative paper and a beautiful ribbon.

To create a composition, you should pick up and rinse a large dense berry, dry it with a paper towel. Melt a bar of chocolate in a water bath. To keep the berries more securely on the skewers, their tips must be dipped in melted chocolate. Then carefully string the strawberries and put them in the freezer for a few minutes. After removing the berries on skewers from the refrigerator, gently dip them in chocolate (white, black or colored).

You can decorate with any confectionery topping and send it back to the refrigerator. When the chocolate hardens, you should beautifully form a bouquet by placing skewers on a base of plastic dough (kneaded with plenty of salt). Reinforce the structure with wire. The created bouquet is packed in Kraft paper and decorated with a ribbon. In such a composition, you can add green twigs or flower buds.

This is the most original and delicious gift for your beloved halves. Such resourcefulness, sophistication and attention will not leave anyone indifferent. To create a strawberry heart, you will need the following components:

• large strawberries;
• compact rosebuds;
• lettuce leaves;
• floral sponge;
• wooden skewers;
• wire;
• ribbons.

The cooking process includes the following steps:

• soak a sponge in the shape of a heart in water - such an oasis will fix the roses and extend their freshness;
• the stems must be cut so that they can enter to the middle of the sponge;
• lay out half of the heart tightly with roses;
• then drape the sides of the composition with lettuce leaves and secure them with pins; fix all this with wire and decorate with tape;
• in the second half of the heart, insert the skewers into the oasis in even rows and string strawberries on each of them.

To create a composition of sweets, you need to prepare strong large strawberries and round chocolates. Thread berries and sweets onto skewers. In the center of the composition there will be skewers with sweets, they should be fixed with tape. Arrange and secure the strawberries around the outer circle. Wrap the formed bouquet with foil, decorate with mint leaves, pack in gift paper.

Strawberries go well with any fruit and berries. It is easily combined with strawberries, garden blackberries, cloudberries. A fruit and berry composition can be arranged in a basket or a round box (sold in flower shops). At the bottom of the container, lay out the foam wrapped with a film. Form a base on it - slices of any suitable fruit (rings of pineapples, apples, and others).

The base must be pierced with skewers and toothpicks, creating a cone shape. To do this, large skewers are placed in the center of the composition, the next rows are “drowned” a little, then they switch to shorter toothpicks. Strawberries need to be strung on prepared fasteners. You can make a small composition in a mug, on the bottom of which put half an apple or orange as a base.As you can see, the art of carving can be mastered at home, it is enough to have imagination and diligence.

You will learn more about how to make a bouquet of strawberries with your own hands from the following video.

To cover the berries, white, milk, colored and black bitter chocolate are used. Strawberries look good in sugar fudge. The process of creating a strawberry dessert is quite simple. You need to melt the chocolate bar to a viscous state. Put the washed, dried strawberries on wooden skewers and completely dip into the prepared glaze. When the fondant hardens, the berry can be dipped again in chocolate of a different color. You will get a beautiful two-layer dessert.

Using a cornet, a pattern is applied with white fudge on black hardened chocolate. The color can be reversed. Colored glaze patterns look good. Berries look peculiar in different toppings (ground nuts, coconut, cocoa). Strawberries on a skewer, dipped in chocolate, still half-hardened, should be gently dipped in the sprinkles and allowed to dry. To achieve a piquant taste, the berries on skewers can be held in cognac for 10 minutes, then sprinkled with powdered sugar and dipped in soft chocolate.

For a small composition, you will need a dozen large beautiful strawberries, plant leaves, skewers, wire, a floral sponge, craft paper. It is necessary to prepare a sponge according to the size of the bouquet, cut off the excess parts with a knife. This will serve as the base for the strawberries on the skewers.But one half of the skewers fasten the leaves of the flowers with a wire and string the berries. Thread the other half of the strawberries onto loose skewers. The composition is beautifully set and fixed on a sponge.

Skewers with leaves should be lined up along the contour of the bouquet. Wrap the finished composition in Kraft paper, decorate with a ribbon.

Little tricks help to make strawberry bouquets.

• To make chocolate-covered strawberries better, you need to prepare a container with ice water. Chocolate should be melted in a water bath, but in no case overheat. First, dip the berry into melted chocolate, and then dip it into cold water for 20 seconds. Moisture can be blotted with a towel.
• Berries will last longer if you dip them in a gelatin solution. To do this, gelatin must be infused in cold water until it swells, then heated in a water bath and add lemon juice. Strawberries should be dipped in a cooled, but not yet “seized” solution.
• In addition to gelatin, the berry lasts longer in any fudge (sugar, chocolate). Strawberries in chocolate can be decorated with patterns of colored glaze, sprinkled with nuts, coconut flakes.
• Strawberries on a skewer will hold on tighter if you back them up with a grape on the bottom. To make a berry bouquet look even more unusual, it can be built in a hat box by arranging strawberries in a beautiful slide.

There are millions of strawberry bouquets and many of them are not alike. Some firms release their compositions and give them names. But in most cases, bouquets are born spontaneously, anyone can realize any creative fantasy. Berry Bouquet gives beautiful names to its products.

• Fruity bouquet with a charming name "Love Story" designed for loved ones, it helps to express the depth of romantic feelings. Dessert, with a volume of 25x30 cm, is designed for two lovers. Strawberries, grapes and pineapple will provide an enthusiastic harmony of taste.

• Composition "Strawberry Night" contains selected berries in the form of hearts, some of which are glazed with black bitter chocolate. The bouquet is complemented by dark shiny blackberries. A wonderful mysterious night with a strawberry-chocolate flavor frightens and beckons with its magnificence.

• Bouquet "Chocolate happiness" really make its owner happy. Strawberries in milk chocolate with the addition of grated almonds and hazelnuts will allow you to enjoy every bite of an extraordinary dessert.

• Composition "Illusion" consists of 38 selected berries. Milk chocolate and powdered sugar complete the unforgettable strawberry taste.

• Five-kilogram bouquet "Big Love" is able to feed not only the newlyweds, but also everyone who wants to touch this great all-encompassing feeling. Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries - this is truly a whole bunch of berries. White, milk chocolate and coconut flakes complete the complete harmony of happiness.

• Composition "Raspberry Paradise" surprises with a balanced taste of strawberries, raspberries and white chocolate. Pleasant mint notes add piquancy to the bouquet.

Everyone wants to receive a chic strawberry bouquet as a gift. If loved ones do not know about our desires, you can make a chocolate and berry composition yourself and surprise them with an exquisite surprise.