Fresh Fruit Dessert Suggestions

For those who like me enjoy fresh fruit dessert, here are a few suggestions:-

1. Have a fruit centerpiece from which to select dessert.
2. Serve washed whole pears or apples with a fruit  corer and divider. Individual sections will add variety as a light dessert.
3. Arrange a platter of peeled banana spears, pineapple chunks, and orange slices; garnish with red grapes or berries and sprigs of mint.
4. Serve wedges of peeled papaya, melons, and citrus fruits for a mouth watering climax of the meal. Serve on bed of watercress or alfalfa sprouts with a flower accent. Strawberries give a colorful garnish.
5. Alternate peeled slices of cantaloupe or honeydew (or any kind of melon) with sliced red plums and peaches; garnish with grapes.
6. Fruit pick-ups: pitted cherries, whole strawberries or other berries, melon balls or cubes, papaya cubes, pineapple chunks, seedless grapes, pieces of unpeeled red apples, orange sections, thick banana slices, dipped in citrus juice or rolled in coconut. Slip a combination of any of these or other fruit onto toothpicks or plastic skewers, or use without toothpicks to decorate an appetizer tray. Be sure fruits are fresh and cold.
7. Freeze large block of ice; set on tray; put strawberries, chunked pineapple, and papaya and melon balls on toothpicks and lay them on the ice, or serve fruit on beds of parsley on attractive plates or platter
8. Assorted fruits, including plums, apricots, figs, grapes, cherries, persimmons, et cetera, make a colorful and delicious dessert.

Always Ready Desserts

Keep on hand an assortment of:

dried apricots, raisins, dates, apples, peaches, pears, pineapple, figs, prunes, et cetera, with a variety of almonds, walnuts, pecans, peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, et cetera, for a ready-to-serve dessert.