How to Cut Fruit Art
Whether you are creating a fancy centerpiece or trying to make your child's packed lunch more appealing, cutting fruit art is both fun and challenging. If you have ever carved a pumpkin for Halloween, you already have some experience in cutting fruit art. Fruit art is common in Asian countries. A recent trend in children's lunches is "bento," a Japanese term for meals in a box. The boxes often include elaborate fruit art. For the simplest designs, you'll need a sharp knife and an idea for your creation. For more elaborate art, invest in curved knives, cookie cutters and gouges.
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Instructions
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Draw your design on large fruit or fruit with a thick skin. This works for fruit such as melons, apples and oranges.
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Cut the design into the fruit using your knife.
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Cut small accent pieces using your knife. You will likely have to do this without a pattern on smaller fruit and fruit with a thin skin such as grapes and berries.
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Press your cookie cutter into pieces of firmer fruit such as apples and melons to obtain a perfectly shaped piece of fruit. These work best for accent pieces or as part of a fruit platter.
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Sprinkle fruit that has light-colored flesh, such as apples, with citrus juice to prevent the fruit from turning brown.
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Assemble your art using toothpicks. Be careful not to damage the visible flesh of the fruit.
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Tips & Warnings
When preparing fruit, place a towel under your fruit art to soak up juices. The towel will also provide a rough surface that will prevent fruit from rolling around.
Use a melon baller or ice cream scoop to remove large amounts of fruit flesh from big fruit such as melons.
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