How to Make a Simple Fruit Platter

Fruit platter presentation with pineapple, grapes, papaya, and oranges.

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How to Make a Simple Fruit Platter

A Simple Fruit Platter is the perfect addition to any brunch menu. Learn to make beautiful fruit platters with these simple to follow, step-by-step instructions! Colorful, healthy and too pretty to eat!

Prep Time15

Cook Time0

Total Time15

Course: Breakfast, Sides

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings:

Calories: 92kcal

Author: Meryl Downing

Ingredients

2 cups melon or pineapple chopped
1 orange or kiwi sliced
2 cups grapes or cherries
1 to 2 cups berries or pomegranate seeds

Instructions

Start with a Filler Fruit - Make a pile or two toward the back of your platter with a filler fruit such as cantaloupe, honeydew melon, watermelon, or pineapple. This gives you a base to add to. If adding bowls of yogurt and Almond Spiced Granola to the platter, set the bowls out first (you can fill them later).
Make Something Curve - Around your filler fruit, add sliced oranges or kiwi in a curve shape.
Something for Height - Add large piles of grapes or cherries for some height. Grapes can be left on the stem but cut into bunches with a scissors in amounts for 1 person.
Finish with Berries - Make piles of berries here and there, the more colorful the better! You can also make lines of berries along your curves and in between the piles of different fruits.
Garnish - Not really necessary but kinda fun! Mint leaves, pomegranate seeds, and edible flowers are great! A kiwi or a small papaya cut around in a zig zag pattern and pulled apart also looks nice. Leaving your strawberries whole with the stems gives you a pop of green color.

Notes

Storage - It is best to prepare a fruit tray the day you are going to serve it, cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge. Leftover fruit can be stored in the fridge and eaten in the next day or two, or frozen and added to a Smoothie Bucket
Avoid bananas, apples and pears as they brown quickly, unless you want to add them just before serving.

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